The cane toads failed to control the beetle population, and they reproduced rapidly and flourished. The country’s cane toad population now numbers in the millions and covers most of northeastern Australia. The toads are advancing westward by 40–60 km (25–40 miles) per year. In response, ...
and a large cane toad population now threatens small native animals that are not pests.Several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia.One way to prevent the spread of the toad would be to build a national fence.A fence that blocks the advance of the...
The article explores the potential of new ecological research to address the problem posed by the increasing cane toad population in Australia. Among the ways to control cane toad population based on Mattias Hagman's research are ...
Current Population Trend: Increasing The cane toad is a large, warty, poisonous amphibian native to South and Central America and considered to be one of the worst invasive species in the world. They were introduced in many countries with the hope that they would help control agricultural pests...
Their effects on Australia's ecology include the depletion of native species that die eating cane toads; the poisoning of pets and humans; depletion of native fauna preyed on by cane toads; and reduced prey populations for native insectivores, such as skinks. Cane toad venom is a mix of ...
Here we demonstrate that, contrary to our expectations, spondylosis cannot be predicted by invasion history or leg length in toad populations across the Australian landscape but rather, the size of an individual and the latitude of occurrence of the population are the most important predictors of sp...
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...
“Who’s got some more?” asks King, a local leader of this year’s Great Cane Toad Bust, a small and ultimately futile campaign to dent Australia’s massive invasive population of some 200 million cane toads. Native to South and Central America, the brown, warty-skinned pest has been c...
【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...