Posts Tagged ‘cane toads’
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Biological control of the cane toad in Australia: a review
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 [...]
2010
Cane toad density 2007 – Northern Territory
Map shows the density of cane toads (Bufo marinus) in the Northern Territory, 2007. Compiled by the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre and the National Land and Water Resources Audit, in collaboration with the Australian, State and Territory governments. Click on the thumbnail image below to open the full map file.
Image
2007
Pathogens in vertebrate pests in Australia
This review provides an overview of diseases or pathogens that have been identified in vertebrate pests in Australia; particularly feral pigs, foxes and wild dogs, feral cats, feral goats, rabbits, cane toads, rodents (feral mice and ship rats) and European carp. Australian research published between 1990 and 2009 is reviewed. A range of bacterial, viral, [...]
Report
2009
Pathogens in invasive animals of Australia
This review provides an overview of diseases or pathogens that have been identified in invasive animals in Australia; particularly feral pigs, foxes and wild dogs, feral cats, feral goats, rabbits, cane toads, rodents (feral mice and ship rats) and European carp. Australian research published between 1990 and 2009 is reviewed. A range of bacterial, viral, [...]
Report
2009
Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species
During a biological invasion, we expect that the expanding front will increasingly become dominated by individuals with better dispersal abilities. Over many generations, selection at the invasion front thus will favour traits that increase dispersal rates. As a result of this process, cane toads (Bufo marinus) are now spreading through tropical Australia about 5-fold faster [...]
Journal Article
2009
Draft Cane Toad Strategy for Western Australia 2009-19
The draft strategy outlines a 10-year management plan for cane toads and aims to provide an integrated response across the whole community to reduce the impact of the invasive species on biodiversity, social and economic values. Other general information on cane toads is also available at the WA DEC website.
Threat Abatement Plan or Management Strategy
2009
Cane Toad Identification
Provides information on cane toad identification, including images, a recording of a cane toad call and a downloadable guide. Website also provides information on how to dispose of cane toads, first aid for people and pets, impacts of toads etc.
Fact Sheet
2009
Native Australian frogs avoid the scent of invasive cane toads
Invasive species can affect the ecosystems they colonize by modifying the behaviour of native taxa; for example, avoidance of chemical cues from the invader may modify habitat use (shelter site selection) by native species. In laboratory trials, we show that metamorphs of most (but not all) native frog species on a tropical Australian floodplain avoid [...]
Journal Article
2009
Assessing invasive animals in Australia 2008
Invasive animals cause enormous damage to Australia’s economy, environment and society. Assessing Invasive Animals in Australia 2008 presents, for the first time, consistent national information on the distribution and abundance of significant invasive animals in Australia. This report is the result of collaboration between the National Land & Water Resources Audit, the Invasive Animals Cooperative [...]
Book
2008
CaneToadsInOz.com
Cane Toads!! Just hearing those words creates fear and loathing in many Australians. These feral amphibians have become a major invasive threat to Australian biodiversity since their introduction in North Queensland. Reports that these poisonous amphibians have invaded the Northern Territory and are heading for Western Australia fuel this national sense of fear and loathing. [...]
Website
2008
Pest or Guest: the zoology of overabundance
In an era when the decline in biodiversity is widely presented as an extinction crisis, there exists the converse problem of overabundance both of native species and alien invading species. Exotic pest species are one of the main threats to the conservation of Australia?s biodiversity. Some arrived as welcome guests, such as cane toads or [...]
Edited Book
2007
Public attitudes towards invasive animals and their impacts
This project in the Detection and Prevention Program of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (IACRC) identifies and reviews the research literature on public attitudes towards, and understanding of, invasive animals and their impacts. The need for a review was identified by participants in the IACRC’s socio-economic ‘Costing the Impacts’ workshop, held in November 2005 [...]
Report
2007
Cane toads reduce the abundance and site occupancy of Merten?s water monitor (Varanus mertensi)
Introduced into Australia in 1935, the cane toad (Chaunus [Bufo] marinus) threatens native vertebrate predators. However, there have been few rigorous quantitative studies on species threatened by this toxic invasive species. This study examines the changes in abundance and proportion of sites occupied by Merten?s water monitor (Varanus mertensi) at a site in the Northern [...]
Journal Article
2007
No easy solutions to Kakadu’s feral animal problem
Cane toads, swamp buffalo, feral pigs ? some of the most visible ‘wildlife’ in World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park happen to be the rampantly successful progeny of feral animals introduced by European settlers from the 1820s onwards. Controlling them within this ecologically and culturally complex setting is the ongoing challenge.
Journal Article
2007
Acoustic attractants enhance trapping success for cane toads
Cane toads are an introduced pest in many tropical locations around the world, but, surprisingly, there are few methods available for their control. Highly effective trapping may provide a means of controlling toads, either alone or as part of an integrated pest-management scheme. Existing cane toad trap designs use lights to lure insects to traps, [...]
Journal Article
2007
Cane Toads
Toad busting activities and information on how to identify a cane toad. Also includes: Guide to Saving Our Suburbs; Cane toads: the facts; Making your yard a toad-free zone; Building a frog pond; Cane toad calling; Island arks overview.
Website
2007
A preliminary risk assessment of cane toads in Kakadu National Park
Cane toads (Bufo marinus) entered the Northern Territory (NT) in 1980 from Queensland and are rapidly approaching Kakadu National Park (KNP), having recently been reported in the upper Mann River and Snowdrop Creek, approximately 15–30 km to the east of Kakadu National Park. Concern about the invasion of cane toads in Kakadu National Park has [...]
Report
2002
Potential cane toad short to medium term control techniques : the biological feasibility and cost of exclusion as a mitigating control strategy
Invasive cane toads Bufo marinus are spreading rapidly across northern Australia, raising serious public and scientific concerns for the long-term persistence of many potentially vulnerable wildlife populations. A number of mitigating solutions to the cane toad problem have been proposed, including direct killing of toads, biological control, or the establishment of secure areas from which [...]
Report
2004
Pressures on the Rainforest Cane Toads – the Face Only a Mother Could Love
Arguably one of Australia’s worst environmental disasters, the cane toad (Bufo marinus)is not a problem in its native Central America. Australia has provided it with abundant food, abundant space and even free transport to new areas.The cane toad was brought to Australia under the misconception that it would assist cane farmers by eating the destructive [...]
Fact Sheet
2002