Pursuit deterrent signalling by the bonaire whiptail lizard cnemidophorus murinus

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-311

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a,b   Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^c   Baird, Troy A ^d   Caldwell, Janalee P ^e   Vitt, Laurie J ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144358548     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904322981860     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Blumstein, D.T. (1999). Alarm calling in three species of marmots. - Behaviour 136, p. 731-757.
2. Bulova, S.J. (1994). Ecological correlates of population and individual variation in antipredator behavior of two species of desert lizards. - Copeia 1994, p. 980-992.
3. Burger, J. & Gochfeld, M. (1990). Risk discrimination of direct versus tangential approach by basking black iguana (Ctenosaura similis): variation as a function of human exposure. - J. Comp. Psychol. 104, p. 388-394.
4. Caro, T.M. (1994). Ungulate antipredator behaviour: preliminary and comparative data from African bovids. - Behaviour 128, p. 189-228.
5. _ _ (1995). Pursuit-deterrence revisited. - TREE 10, p. 500-503.
6. _ _, Lombardo, L., Goldizen, A.W. & Kelly, M. (1995). Tail-flagging and other antipredator signals in white-tailed deer: new data and synthesis. - Behav. Ecol. 6, p. 442-450.
7. Carpenter, G.C. & Ferguson, G.W. (1977). Variation and evolution of stereotyped behavior in reptiles. - In: Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 7, Physiology and behaviour A (D.W. Tinkle & C. Gans, eds). Academic Press, London, p. 335-554.
8. Cooper, W.E., Jr. & Vitt, L.J. (1985). Blue tails and autotomy: enhancement of predation avoidance in juvenile skinks. - Z. Tierpsychol. 70, p. 265-276.
9. _ _ & _ (1991). Influence of detectability and ability to escape on natural selection of conspicuous autotomous defenses. - Can. J. Zool. 69, p. 757-764.
10. _ _ (1995). Foraging mode, prey chemical discrimination, and phylogeny in lizards. -Anim. Behav. 50, p. 973-985.
11. _ _ (1997a). Escape by a refuging prey, the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps). -Can. J. Zool. 75, p. 943-947.
12. _ _ (1997b). Factors affecting risk and cost of escape by the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps): Predator speed, directness of approach, and female presence. - Herpetologica 53, p. 464-474.
13. _ _ (1997c). Threat factors affecting antipredatory behavior in the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps): Repeated approach, change in predator path, and predator's field of view. - Copeia 1997, p. 613-619.
14. _ _ (1997d). Correlated evolution of prey chemical discrimination with foraging, lingual morphology, and vomeronasal chemoreceptor abundance in lizards. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 41, p. 257-265.
15. _ _ (1998a). Risk factors and emergence from refuge in the lizard Eumeces laticeps. -Behaviour 135, p. 1065-1076.
16. _ _ (1998b). Conditions favoring anticipatory and reactive displays deflecting predatory attack. - Behav Ecol 9, p. 598-614.
17. _ _ (1998c). Reactive and anticipatory display to deflect predatory attack to an autotomous lizard tail. - Can. J. Zool. 76, p. 1507-1510.
18. _ _ (1999). Tradeoffs between courtship, fighting, and antipredatory behavior by a lizard, Eumeces laticeps. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47, p. 54-59.
19. _ _ (2000). Tradeoffs between predation risk and feeding in a lizard, the broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps). - Behaviour 137, p. 1175-1189.
20. _ _ (2001). Multiple roles of tail display by the curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus carinatus: pursuit deterrent and deflective roles of a social signal. - Ethology 107, p. 1137-1149.
21. _ _ & Vitt, L.J. (2002). Distribution, extent, and evolution of plant consumption by lizards. - J. Zool. 257, p. 487-517.
22. _ _, Pérez-Mellado, V., Baird, T.A., Baird, T.A., Caldwell, J.P. & Vitt, L.J. (2003). Effects of risk, cost, and their interaction on optimal escape by nonrefuging Bonaire whiptail lizards, Cnemidophorus murinus. - Behav. Ecol. 14, p. 288-293.
23. Cresswell, W. (1994). Song as a pursuit-deterrent signal, and its occurrence relative to other anti-predation behaviours of skylark (Alauda arvensis on attack by merlins (Falco columbarius). - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 34, p. 217-223.
24. Dearing, M.D. & Schall, J.J. (1992). Testing models of optimal diet assembly by the generalist herbivorous lizard Cnemidophorus murinus. - Ecology 73, p. 845-858.
25. Dial, B.E. (1986). Tail display in two species of iguanid lizards: a test of the 'predator signal' hypothesis. - Am. Nat. 127, p. 103-111.
26. Dill, L.M. & Houtman, R. (1989). The influence of distance to refuge on flight initiation distance in the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). - Can. J. Zool. 67, p. 233-235.
27. Godin, J.-G.J. & Davis, S.A. (1995). Who dares, benefits: predator approach behaviour in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) deters predator pursuit. - Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond., Ser. B, Biol. Sci. 259, p. 193-200.
28. Hasson, O., Hibbard, R. & Ceballos, G. (1989). The pursuit deterrent function of tail-wagging in the zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides). - Can. J. Zool. 67, p. 1203-1209.
29. Heatwole, H. (1968). Relationship of escape behavior and camouflage in anoline lizards. -Copeia 1968, p. 109-113.
30. Holley, A.J.F. (1993). Do brown hares signal foxes? - Ethology 94, p. 21-30.
31. Huey, R.B. & Pianka, E.R. (1981). Ecological consequences of foraging mode. - Ecology 62, p. 991-999.
32. Leal, M. & Rodriguez-Robles, J.A. (1997). Signalling displays during predator-prey interactions in a Puerto Rican anole, Anolis cristatellus. - Anim. Behav. 54, p. 1147-1154.
33. Magnusson, W.E. (1996). Tail and hand waves: a come-on for predators? - Herp. Rev. 27, p. 60.
34. Martín, J. & López, P. (1999). An experimental test of the costs of antipredatory refuge use in the wall lizard, Podarcis muralis. - Oikos 84, p. 499-505.
35. _ _ & _ _ (1999). When to come out from a refuge: risk-sensitive and state-dependent decisions in an alpine lizard. - Behav. Ecol. 10, p. 487-492.
36. _ _ & _ _ (2001). Are fleeing 'noisy': lizards signalling to predators? - Acta Ethologica 3, p. 95-100.
37. Rand, A. S. (1964). Inverse relationship between temperature and shyness in the lizard Anolis lineatopus. - Ecology 45, p. 863-864.
38. Ruxton, G.D., Speed, M. & Sherratt, T.N. (In press). Avoiding attack: the evolutionary ecology of crypsis, warning signals and mimicry. - Oxford University Press, Oxford.
39. Vega-Redondo, F. & Hasson, O. (1993). A game-theoretic model of predator-prey signaling. - J. theor. Biol. 162, p. 309-319.
40. Vitt, L.J. & Congdon, J.D. (1978). Body shape, reproductive effort, and relative clutch mass in lizards: resolution of a paradox. - Am. Nat. 112, p. 595-608.
41. _ _ & Cooper, W.E. Jr. (1986). Tail loss, tail color, and predator escape in Eumeces (Lacertilia: Scincidae): age-specific differences in costs and benefits. - Can. J. Zool. 64, p. 583-592.
42. Woodland, D.J., Jafaar, Z. & Knight, M.-L. (1980). The 'pursuit deterrent' function of alarm signals. - Am. Nat. 115, p. 748-751.