Cane Toads: An Unnatural History的剧情简介· ··· A fat, ugly creature whose sole purpose in life is the pursuit of sexual gratification is rapidly taking over Australia. The cane toad--Bufo marinus--was imported to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beet...
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History剧情介绍 A fat, ugly creature whose sole purpose in life is the pursuit of sexual gratification is rapidly taking over Australia. The cane toad--Bufo marinus--was imported to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beetle, which ...
The Cane Toad. The History and Ecology of a Successful ColonistReviews the book 'The Cane Toad: The History and Ecology of a Successful Colonist,' by Christopher Lever.doi:10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.12063.xRaymond L. BryantJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdAustral Ecology...
The cane toad--Bufo marinus--was imported to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beetle, which was devouring the sugarcane crop. Problem was, the beetle could fly, and the cane toad couldn't. What the cane toad was unusually proficient at, however, was ...
attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beetle, which was devouring the sugarcane crop. Problem was, the beetle could fly, and the cane toad couldn't. What the cane toad was unusually proficient at, however, was making more cane toads. A very humorous look at a most peculiar problem...
Alarm cues experienced by cane toad tadpoles affect post-metamorphic morphology and chemical defences For example, our study1 aimed to quantify biochemical and life-history effects as well as assess the likely long-term impact of pheromone exposure on ... M Hagman,RA Hayes,RJ Capon,... - 《...
However, populations exposed to the toads rapidly evolved behavioral avoidance of cane toads, compared to populations with no previous exposure to the toads (Phillips and Shine, 2006). The naïve snakes readily consumed the toads, much to their detriment. This result suggests that toad avoidance ...
(2010). Combining genetic, historical and geographical data to reconstruct the dynamics of bioinvasions: application to the cane toad Bufo marinus. Mol Ecol Res 10: 886–901. Estoup A, Guillemaud T (2010). Reconstructing routes of invasion using genetic data: why, how and so what? Mol ...
“In the spring of 1874,” wrote Mrs. Everett Rorabaugh, “the farmers began their farming with high hopes, some breaking the sod for sod corn, others…sowing spring wheat, corn, and cane, and with plenty of rain everyone… [was] talking about the bumper crop they were going to have...
Llewellyn D, Thompson MB, Brown GP, Phillips BL, Shine R (2012) Reduced investment in immune function in invasion-front populations of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in Australia. Biol Invasions 14:999–1008 Article Google Scholar Manjerovic MB, Waterman JM (2012) Immunological sex difference...