Colorful tails fade when lizards adopt less risky behaviors

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Hawlena, Dror ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus; Deflective display; Dorsal pigmentation; Movement; Ontogeny; Predation risk; Tail autotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUTOTOMY; CRYPSIS; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; PREDATION RISK;

ACANTHODACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77950522014     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0837-z     Document Type: Article

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