Competing tadpoles: Australian native frogs affect invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) in natural waterbodies

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 896-904

  Cabrera Guzmán, Elisa ^a   Crossland, Michael R ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien species; Anuran; Biotic resistance; Bufo marinus; Competition; Larvae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; POND; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; HYLIDAE; LITORIA; LITORIA CAERULEA; METAMORPHA;

EID: 84888365830     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12029     Document Type: Article

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