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What effect introducing the cane toad had on the food web o
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Predict
- Less Rainbow bee-eaters- Cane toads caused 33% of nests to fail in South-East Qld
- More bees
- Less flowers
Bibliography
Food web:
Long term:
- the amount of flowers will rise
- The population of the Rainbow bee-eaters will decrease
Short term:
- The amount of sugar cane beetles will be reduced
- The sugar cane will grow back
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2010, The cane toad (Bufo marinus), viewed 28/07/2016, < https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive-species/publications/factsheet-cane-toad-bufo-marinus >
- Fitzsimons, J 2014, Rainbow Bee-eater, viewed 28/07/2016, < http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Merops-ornatus >
- Markula, A, Csurhes, S, & Hannan-Jones, M 2016, Cane toad, PDF, Queensland Government, viewed 24/07/2016, < https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/73112/IPA-Cane-Toad-Risk-Assessment.pdf >
- Wildlife Research 1999, The short-term effect of cane toads (Bufo marinus) on native fauna in the Gulf Country of the Northern Territory, viewed 31 July 2016, < http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR98025.htm >
- 3B9730Australian Government 2016, Species profile andthreat databases, viewed 27 July 2016, < http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=
Question Box
Identify:
Q.1 What part of the food web is being impacted the most? (producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers or tertiary consumers)
Answer: The Primary Consumer; Because the secondary consumer and the tertiary consumer all eat the Primary consumers
Q.2 What is being done to prevent this human impact from continuing?
Answer: People are trying to decrease the amount of cane toads by killing them.
Q.3 Who are some scientists involved in reducing this human impact? What are their specific roles?
Answer: Scientist who study biology and toxicology
The human activity of introducing the cane toad and the effect it had on the food web of the rainbow bee-eater.
Where?
What effect introducing the cane toad had on the food web of the rainbow bee-eater?
Describe
The cane toad which is native to central and south America was introduced by humans to Australia in 1935. They were introduced to control beetles that were a pest in the sugar cane industry but, they ended up having a much bigger effect especially on the food web of the rainbow bee-eater.