Toad’s tongue for breakfast: exploitation of a novel prey type, the invasive cane toad, by scavengin...
Toad’s tongue for breakfast: exploitation of a novel prey type, the invasive cane toad, by scavenging raptors in tropical Australia
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
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English
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
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Although interest in the ecological impacts of invasive species has largely focused on negative effects, some native taxa may benefit from invader arrival. In tropical Australia, invasive cane toads (
Bufo marinus
) have fatally poisoned many native predators (e.g., marsupials, crocodiles, lizards) that attempt to ingest the toxic anurans, bu...
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Toad’s tongue for breakfast: exploitation of a novel prey type, the invasive cane toad, by scavenging raptors in tropical Australia
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_907177039
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_907177039
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1387-3547
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1573-1464
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10.1007/s10530-010-9903-8
