https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 The effect of salt dosing for chytrid mitigation on tadpoles of a threatened frog, Litoria aurea https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:50737 Thu 03 Aug 2023 16:36:36 AEST ]]> The accelerating invasion: dispersal rates of cane toads at an invasion front compared to an already-colonized location https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30725 Rhinella marina) at the invasion front have been based on studies at a single site in the Northern Territory. To replicate the earlier work, we radio-tracked free-ranging toads in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia (at the westward-spreading invasion front) and 500 km northeast, on the Adelaide River floodplain of the Northern Territory (where toads had already been present for 6 years). For comparison, we also radio-tracked native frogs (Litoria caerulea and L. splendida) at the same sites. Consistent with the earlier reports, invasion-front cane toads travelled further per day, were more highly directional, and re-used refuge sites less frequently, than did conspecifics from an already-colonized site. In contrast, native frogs showed similar movement patterns in the two study areas. Our results confirm previous reports, and suggest that accelerated dispersal may be a common feature of individuals at the vanguard of a biological invasion.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:32:36 AEDT ]]>