Biological control of the cane toad in Australia: A review
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Shanmuganathan, T.; Pallister, J.; Doody, Jeremiah (Sean); McCallum, Hamish; Robinson, T.; Sheppard, Adrian; Hardy, C.; Halliday, Damien C.T.; Venables, D.; Voysey, R.; Strive, T.
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The marine toad Bufo marinus is native to northern South America, parts of Central America and Southern Texas. It was deliberately introduced into Australia's tropical north-east in 1935 in an unsuccessful attempt to control the cane beetle, a damaging insect pest of sugarcane crops. The toads quickly established in the new environment and began to spread. Today, they inhabit most of the Australian tropics and sub-tropics and have reached Western Australia. Models predict that global warming...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2010 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64657 |
Source: | Animal Conservation |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00319.x |
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