Indirect facilitation of a native mesopredator by an invasive species: Are cane toads re-shaping tropical riparian communities?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-568

  Doody, J Sean ^a,b   Castellano, Christina M ^a   Rhind, David ^c   Green, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Population and Communities ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Dendrelaphis punctulatus; Mesopredator release; Predation risk; Trophic cascade; Varanus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RIPARIAN ZONE; SNAKE; TOAD; TOXIC MATERIAL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; DENDRELAPHIS PUNCTULATUS; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; VARANUS MERTENSI; VARANUS MITCHELLI; VARANUS PANOPTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84874248404     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0308-8     Document Type: Article

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