Sex, reproductive status, and cost of tail autotomy via decreased running speed in lizards

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Wilson, Dawn S ^b   Smith, Geoffrey R ^c  

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

^b Southwestern Research Station   (United States)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 58149098546     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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