Physiological plasticity in a successful invader: rapid acclimation to cold occurs only in cool-climate populations of cane toads (Rhinella marina) | Zendy

Samantha McCann | Zendy; Georgia K. Kosmala | Zendy; Matthew Greenlees | Zendy; Richard Shine | Zendy

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Physiological plasticity in a successful invader: rapid acclimation to cold occurs only in cool-climate populations of cane toads (Rhinella marina)

Author(s) -

Samantha McCann,

Georgia K. Kosmala,

Matthew Greenlees,

Richard Shine

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cox072

Subject(s) - biology , acclimatization , cane , ecology , phenotypic plasticity , range (aeronautics) , invasive species , intraspecific competition , habitat , introduced species , plasticity , biochemistry , materials science , sugar , composite material , physics , thermodynamics

Invasive cane toads have been present in Australia and Hawai’i for ~80 years. Toads have invaded sites in each location that are cooler than their native range. These populations have both developed the ability to rapidly acclimate to cold conditions, decreasing their critical minimum temperature over just 12 h.

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