Cane toads in southern Australia: invasion dynamics and options for control

该项目旨在调查甘蔗蟾蜍在澳大利亚南部的传播，这是一个入侵前沿，与同一物种在热带地区的扩张相比，吸引的研究要少得多，尽管蟾蜍严重影响了这两个地区的本地野生动物。该项目希望产生新的知识，以确定为什么蟾蜍入侵速度在新南威尔士州比在热带地区慢得多，以及如何最好地修改新开发的蟾蜍控制方法，以适应澳大利亚南部的情况。预期结果包括预测未来的扩张轨迹，并确定控制蟾蜍和减轻影响的最佳方法。这将为生物多样性保护提供显著的好处。

This project aims to investigate the spread of cane toads through southern Australia, an invasion front that has attracted far less research than the same species’ expansion through tropical regions, even though toads severely impact native wildlife in both areas. This project expects to generate new knowledge to determine why the rate of toad invasion is so much slower in New South Wales than in the tropics, and how best to modify newly-developed approaches to toad control to the conditions in southern Australia. Expected outcomes include predicting future trajectories of expansion, and identifying optimal approaches to toad control and impact mitigation. This should provide significant benefits for biodiversity conservation.