A famous failure: Why were cane toads an ineffective biocontrol in Australia?doi:10.1111/csp2.296Shine, RichardWard‐Fear, GeorgiaBrown, Gregory P.Conservation Science & Practice
Like many invasive species, cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Australia concentrate in the disturbed habitats created by human activity, rather than in pristine areas. We surveyed cane toads in the wet–dry tropics of the Northern Territory to assess the abundances, body sizes, sexes, behaviour, ...
短文开头提到,蔗蟾(cane toads)是引入澳大利亚的最不同寻常的动物,1935年种植甘蔗的农民引进蔗蟾是为了去除危害甘蔗的蔗虫(to getrid of the beetle which kills the sugar cane plant),故答案为[B]。1、文中提到,在30年代中期,蔗虫泛滥(there was a serious outbreak of the cane beetle),这让农夫们很绝望...
1. Toads in the backyard: why do invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) prefer buildings to bushland? [J] . Gonzalez-Bernal Edna, Greenlees Matthew J., Brown Gregory P., Population ecology . 2016,第2期 机译:后院中的蟾蜍:为什么侵入性蟾蜍蟾蜍(Rhinella marina)喜欢建筑物而不是丛林? 2. Ca...
Adaptation or preadaptation: why are keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii) less vulnerable to invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) than are other Australian... (2011) Adaptation or preadaptation: why are keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii) less vulnerable to invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus)...
Are cane toads amphibians? Are frogs amphibians or reptiles? What are three adaptations frogs have that make them amphibians? Why are reptiles more successful on land than amphibians? Why can't amphibians live in saltwater? Is a horned frog a reptile or amphibian? Is a marsh frog an amphibian...
Child T, Phillips BL, Brown GP, Shine R (2008) The spatial ecology of cane toads (Bufo marinus) in tropical Australia: why do meta- morph toads stay near the water? Austral Ecol 33:630-640Child, T., Phillips, B.L., Brown, G.P. & Shine, R. (2008a). The spatial ecology of ...