ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021
The evolution of targeted cannibalism and cannibal-induced defenses in invasive populations of cane toads.
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- The spread of non-native species.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Arid habitats intensify sexual conflict in invasive cane toads (Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Larval Adaptation to Salinity Shock in Cane Toads (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Tadpole Skin Secretions, Not Food or Temperature, Mediate Costly Cannibal-Induced Plasticity in Invasive Cane Toad Hatchlings.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Population Genetics Meets Ecology: A Guide to Individual-Based Simulations in Continuous Landscapes.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- The Amphibian Genomics Consortium: advancing genomic and genetic resources for amphibian research and conservation.BMC genomics · 2024Review
- The Amphibian Genomics Consortium: advancing genomic and genetic resources for amphibian research and conservation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Is developmental plasticity triggered by DNA methylation changes in the invasive cane toad (Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Mechanisms, costs, and carry-over effects of cannibal-induced developmental plasticity in invasive cane toads.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Intraspecific interference retards growth and development of cane toad tadpoles, but those effects disappear by the time of metamorphosis.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- A biological invasion reduces rates of cannibalism by Japanese toad tadpoles.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Spatial ecology of the invasive Asian common toad in Madagascar and its implications for invasion dynamics.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Choosy cannibals: Targeted consumption of conspecific hatchlings by larval cane toads is triggered by species-specific defensive toxins.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Biotic conflict can create evolutionary arms races, in which innovation in one group increases selective pressure on another, such that organisms must constantly adapt to maintain the same level of fitness. In some cases, this process is driven by conflict among members of the same species. Intraspecific conflict can be an especially important selective force in high-density invasive populations, which may favor the evolution of strategies for outcompeting or eliminating conspecifics. Cannibalism is one such strategy; by killing and consuming their intraspecific competitors, cannibals enhance their own performance. Cannibalistic behaviors may therefore be favored in invasive populations. Here, we show that cane toad tadpoles (
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