Invasive toxic prey may imperil the survival of an iconic giant lizard, the Komodo dragon

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-365

  Ujvari, Beata ^a   Mun, Hee Chang ^a   Conigrave, Arthur D ^a   Ciofi, Claudio ^b   Madsen, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sodium potassium ATPase enzyme; Toad toxin; Varanids

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; BUFO MELANOSTICTUS; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 85018163832     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: 22044604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC140363     Document Type: Article

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