- An invasive species induces rapid adaptive change in a native predator: cane toads and black snakes in AustraliaBen L Phillips
University of Sydney School of Biological Sciences A08 NSW 2006, Australia
Proc Biol Sci 273:1545-50. 2006..Toads were brought to Australia in 1935, so these evolved responses have occurred in fewer than 23 snake generations...
- When dinner is dangerous: toxic frogs elicit species-specific responses from a generalist snake predatorBen Phillips
School of Biological Sciences A08, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Am Nat 170:936-42. 2007..Adders deal with these prey types in different and highly stereotyped ways: they consume nontoxic frogs directly but envenomate and release the other taxa, waiting until the chemical defense loses its potency before consuming the prey...
- Reid's paradox revisited: the evolution of dispersal kernels during range expansionBenjamin L Phillips
School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Am Nat 172:S34-48. 2008..For accurate long-range forecasts of range advance, we need to take into account the potential for dispersal kernels to be evolutionarily dynamic...