Virgins in the vanguard: low reproductive frequency in invasion-front cane toads

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We thank Martin Mayer, Tiago Dalcin, and Jayna DeVore for constructing enclosures; Matthew Greenlees, Georgia Ward-Fear, Jodie Gruber, Kimberley Lemmen, and James Smith for collecting toads; and the Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia) for access to Purnululu National Park. Comments by two anonymous reviewers improved the manuscript. All procedures were approved by the University of Sydney Animal Ethics Committee (L04/3-2006/3/4288 and 6705). The research was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP0772418, DP0984771, DP1094646, FL120100074).