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SUBMITTER: Gruber J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5666265 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gruber Jodie J Brown Gregory G Whiting Martin J MJ Shine Richard R
Royal Society open science 20171025 10
Individuals at the leading edge of expanding biological invasions often show distinctive phenotypic traits, in ways that enhance their ability to disperse rapidly and to function effectively in novel environments. Cane toads (<i>Rhinella marina</i>) at the invasion front in Australia exhibit shifts in morphology, physiology and behaviour (directionality of dispersal, boldness, risk-taking). We took a common-garden approach, raising toads from range-core and range-edge populations in captivity, t ...[more]