Cane toad wars /Rick Shine.

By:

Shine, Richard [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520967984

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

QL668 .C364 2018

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Contents:

How the cane toad came to Australia -- Arrival of cane toads at Fogg Dam -- How cane toads have adapted and dispersed -- How cane toads have impacted Australian wildlife -- How the ecosystem has fought back -- Citizens take on the toad -- The quest for a way to control the toad -- A new toolkit for fighting the toad -- Toad control moves from the lab to the field -- What we've learned.

Subject: "For 80 years, giant American amphibians have been spreading through tropical Australia, resulting in the death of millions of native animals. Rick Shine and his research team set out to understand that invasion and its impacts, and to develop new ways of protecting endangered wildlife from the tide of toads. In the process, Shine's work revealed that biological invasions can stimulate rapid evolutionary change, and that understanding your enemy is the essential first step in combatting its deadly effects"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	QL668.227 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1005782710

Includes bibliographies and index.

An ecological catastrophe -- How the cane toad came to Australia -- Arrival of cane toads at Fogg Dam -- How cane toads have adapted and dispersed -- How cane toads have impacted Australian wildlife -- How the ecosystem has fought back -- Citizens take on the toad -- The quest for a way to control the toad -- A new toolkit for fighting the toad -- Toad control moves from the lab to the field -- What we've learned.

"For 80 years, giant American amphibians have been spreading through tropical Australia, resulting in the death of millions of native animals. Rick Shine and his research team set out to understand that invasion and its impacts, and to develop new ways of protecting endangered wildlife from the tide of toads. In the process, Shine's work revealed that biological invasions can stimulate rapid evolutionary change, and that understanding your enemy is the essential first step in combatting its deadly effects"--Provided by publisher.

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