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Comparisons through time and space suggest rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour in an invasive species

Ross A. Alford, Auteur ; Gregory P. Brown, Auteur ; Lin Schwarzkopf, Auteur ; Benjamin L. Phillips, Auteur ; Richard Shine, Auteur

Dans Wildlife Research (36(1) 2009)

During a biological invasion, we expect that the expanding front will increasingly become dominated by individuals with better dispersal abilities. Over many generations, selection at the invasion front thus will favour traits that increase disp[...]

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Isolated. frogs in a crowded world: Effects of human-caused habitat loss on frog heterozygosity and fluctuating asymmetry

Paula C. Eterovick, Auteur ; Brian L. Sloss, Auteur ; Jose A. M. Scalzo, Auteur ; Ross A. Alford, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (195 MAR 2016)

It is important to develop research methods that will detect deterioration in population health before severe declines occur. Amphibian population declines are widespread; the main causes are anthropogenic and include habitat fragmentation due t[...]

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Movement patterns and habitat use of rainforest stream frogs in northern Queensland, Australia: implications for extinction vulnerability

Jodi J. L. Rowley, Auteur ; Ross A. Alford, Auteur

Dans Wildlife Research (34(5) 2007)

Amphibians are one of the most highly threatened groups of animals, but their effective conservation is hampered by a paucity of basic ecological knowledge, particularly for tropical stream-breeding species, in which declines have been most comm[...]

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