Species level traits determine positive and negative population impacts of invasive cane toads on native squamates

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1017-1029

  Feit, Benjamin ^a,b   Letnic, Mike ^a,b  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral traits; Invasive species; Meta regression analysis; Morphological traits; Rhinella marina

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939987739     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0850-z     Document Type: Review

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