No behavioural compensation for fitness costs of autotomy in a lizard

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 713-718

  Langkilde, Tracy ^a,b   Alford, Ross A ^a   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipredator; Carlia jarnoldae; Energy; Mating success; Tail loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FITNESS; LIZARD; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ANIMALIA; CARLIA JARNOLDAE; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 28444491929     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01512.x     Document Type: Article

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