Why does tail loss increase a lizard's later vulnerability to snake predators?

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1293-1303

  Downes, S ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Caudal autotomy; Demansia psammophis; Foraging mode; Lampropholis guichenoti; Lizard; Locomotor performance; Microhabitat selection; Nonrandom predation; Prey selection; Prey vulnerability; Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens; Snake

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

DEMANSIA PSAMMOPHIS; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; RHINOPLOCEPHALUS NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0034973727     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1293:WDTLIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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