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Toads in the backyard: why do invasive cane todas (Rhinella marina) prefer buildings to bushland?

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dc.rights.license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 es_MX
dc.contributor.author González Bernal, Edna Leticia es_MX
dc.creator González Bernal, Edna Leticia es_MX
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-01T03:43:34Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-01T03:43:34Z
dc.date.issued 2016-04
dc.identifier.uri http://literatura.ciidiroaxaca.ipn.mx:8080/xmlui/handle/LITER_CIIDIROAX/566
dc.description.abstract 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, hydration state and feeding rates of todas around buildings compared to those in areas remote from buildings, and conducted experimental trials to assess the effects of building-related variables (lights and increased toad densities) on the foraging success of toads. Toads around buildings were smaller than bushland conspeci?cs, and adult sex-ratios were female-biased. Toads were more sedentary around buildings than in the bush, but their feeding rates (based on direct observations and faeces production post-capture) were similar. That similarity, despite twofold-higher densities of competing toads around building, re?ected the strong enhancement of feeding rates due to arti?cial lights attracting insects (in our experimental trials, a threefold increase regardless of the number of competing toads). Toads collected from around buildings were apparently in better hydric condition. Thus, access to water also may attract toads to buildings. The relative scarcity of adult male toads around buildings likely re?ects waterbody-centred reproductive activities, whereas the concentration of females and juveniles around buildings is driven largely by access to the insects attracted by arti?cial light. We conclude that buildings enhance the persistence of cane toad populations and may facilitate their spread. es_MX
dc.language.iso eng es_MX
dc.publisher Population Ecology, Vol. 58 (2) es_MX
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess es_MX
dc.subject info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2 es_MX
dc.subject.other Artificial light es_MX
dc.subject.other habitat use es_MX
dc.subject.other human disturbed sites es_MX
dc.subject.other seasonality es_MX
dc.subject.other invasive species es_MX
dc.title Toads in the backyard: why do invasive cane todas (Rhinella marina) prefer buildings to bushland? es_MX
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article es_MX
dc.creator.id GOBE770523MPLNRD00


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