TY - BOOK ID - 78676881 TI - Cane Toad Wars PY - 2018 SN - 0520967984 9780520967984 9780520295100 PB - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Bufo marinus KW - Biological invasions KW - Agua toad KW - Bufo agua KW - Bufo gigas KW - Cane toad KW - Giant toad KW - Marine toad KW - Bufo KW - Bio-invasions KW - Bioinvasions KW - Invasions, Biological KW - Natural selection KW - Population biology KW - academic. KW - adaptation. KW - agriculture. KW - australia. KW - australian government. KW - australian. KW - cane toad. KW - central america. KW - conservation. KW - crops. KW - ecological. KW - ecology. KW - evolution. KW - evolutionary. KW - harvest. KW - invasive species. KW - native wildlife. KW - natural world. KW - nature. KW - poisonous animals. KW - poisonous frogs. KW - predators. KW - prey. KW - scholarly. KW - scientist. KW - skin toxin. KW - south america. KW - sugar cane. KW - toad hordes. KW - toxic animals. KW - toxic. KW - wildlife. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78676881 AB - In 1935, an Australian government agency imported 101 specimens of the Central and South American Cane Toad in an attempt to manage insects that were decimating sugar-cane harvests. In Australia the Cane Toad adapted and evolved with abandon, voraciously consuming native wildlife and killing predators with its lethal skin toxin. Today, hundreds of millions of Cane Toads have spread across the northern part of Australia and continue to move westward. The humble Cane Toad has become a national villain. Cane Toad Wars chronicles the work of intrepid scientist Rick Shine, who has been documenting the toad's ecological impact in Australia and seeking to buffer it. Despite predictions of devastation in the wake of advancing toad hordes, the author's research reveals a more complex and nuanced story. A firsthand account of a perplexing ecological problem and an important exploration of how we measure evolutionary change and ecological resilience, this book makes an effective case for the value of long-term natural history research in informing conservation practice. ER -