Ease and effectiveness of costly autotomy vary with predation intensity among lizard populations

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-255

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^b   Vitt, Laurie J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predatory behaviour; Autotomy; Defence; Lizards; Predation; Tail

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; LIZARD; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION;

AMPHIBIA; LACERTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PODARCIS; PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS LILFORDI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1542348932     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690300462X     Document Type: Article

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