https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53680 10-fold mean increase in detection rates of cats by 5 years after the loss of V. panoptes, reflecting relative increases of 3.3–8.7 individual cats per site. Conclusions: Although some unknown factor may have caused an increase in cats, their similar trophic position and niche to V. panoptes suggests that toads facilitated cats by effectively removing the lizards from the animal community. This interaction likely reflects one type of invasional meltdown, whereby a non-native species (cane toad) facilitated any aspect of another’s (feral cat) invasion (e.g. survival, reproduction, resource acquisition), but the latter has no detected influence on the former (+/0 interaction). Implications: Because both invaders cause declines in animal populations and are difficult to control, the potentially synergistic tandem of cane toads and feral cats could have chronic, irreversible effects on animal communities.]]> Wed 10 Jan 2024 10:20:29 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20801 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:05:53 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:39954 Rhinella marina) and native water rats (Hydromys chrysogaster), where toads are novel prey. We show that wild water rats preferentially targeted larger toads, and consumed specific non-toxic organs only. Rats either rapidly learned these behaviours, or adapted them from hunting native frogs.]]> Fri 22 Jul 2022 11:49:25 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49196 Fri 05 May 2023 15:51:18 AEST ]]>