Leave it all behind: A taxonomic perspective of autotomy in invertebrates

Biological Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-510

  Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Muller, Davina ^b   Bateman, Philip W ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Benefits; Costs; Evolution; Invertebrate; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEVELOPMENT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FORAGING; GROWTH; HABITAT; HORMONAL REGULATION; INVERTEBRATE; LIMB; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAXONOMY; VELOCITY; WOUND;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; REGENERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447309337     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2007.00020.x     Document Type: Review

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