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...
The cane toad (海蟾蜍) was imported to Australia in 1935 to protect sugarcane crops. 1 Experts estimate that there are currently over 200 million samples spread across Northern Australia, and the numbers are only growing. The increasing population is proving to be deadly for many native Austral...
In addition to Australia, cane toads have spread in Florida, Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines, the Caribbean islands, the western Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, and elsewhere. The poisonous toads kill both pets and native species when animals bite, lick, or eat them, and they outcompete na...
The reading passageThe Cane Toad in Australiahas paragraphs (A - G). From the list of headings below (i - X) choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B - G Write the appropriate number (i - X) in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet. ...
【解析】CGBDF1.C.文章衔接题.根据前文T he cane toad(海蟾蜍)was imported to Australia in 1935to protect sugarcane crops.可知1935年,为了保护甘蔗作物,甘蔗蟾蜍被进口到澳大利亚.C项:With very few natural enemies, their population began to grow rapidly.由于天敌很少它们的数量开始迅速增长.符合文意,故...
We demonstrate this approach with a major invasive species, the cane toad Bufo marinus in Australia, assessing the direct climatic constraints on its ability to move, survive, and reproduce. We show that the current range can be explained by thermal constraints on the locomotor potential of the...
Australian Cane Toad essaysThe cane toad, Bufo marinus, or giant toad, was introduced to Australia by the sugar cane industry with government sanction, in order to control two specific pests of sugar cane. The grey backed cane beetle and the frenchie bee
The cane toad has mounted a successful invasion in Australia and many other countries - but where did the toad come from originally? These toads have a wide native range in South America, and a closely related species (only recently recognised as different from cane toads, and called “Rhinell...
The cane toad is one of the most famous examples of an invasive species. It has been introduced to Australia, but without any natural predators, its numbers have grown unchecked.Answer and Explanation: In many ways, the cane toad has not adapted to Australia at all, because it has not ...
Australia's Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations brought canetoadsfrom America to Australia in 1935, in order to control beetles that were infesting sugar cane. Since then, cane toad populations have spread widely, and the toads, which secrete a toxin, disrupt the native ecology. In order to pr...