Cane toad wars /

"For 80 years, giant American amphibians have been spreading through tropical Australia, resulting in the death of millions of native animals. Rick Shine and his research team set out to understand that invasion and its impacts, and to develop new ways of protecting endangered wildlife from the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shine, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Colección:Organisms and environments ; 15.
Temas:
Bufo marinus > Australia.
Biological invasions > Australia.
Crapaud géant > Australie.
Invasions biologiques > Australie.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
NATURE > Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians.
Biological invasions
Bufo marinus
Australia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An ecological catastrophe
  • How the cane toad came to Australia
  • Arrival of cane toads at Fogg Dam
  • How cane toads have adapted and dispersed
  • How cane toads have impacted Australian wildlife
  • How the ecosystem has fought back
  • Citizens take on the toad
  • The quest for a way to control the toad
  • A new toolkit for fighting the toad
  • Toad control moves from the lab to the field
  • What we've learned.

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