Tail waving in a lizard (Bassiana duperreyi) functions to deflect attacks rather than as a pursuit-deterrent signal

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-375

  Telemeco, Rory S ^a,b   Baird, Troy A ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative tactic; Antipredator behaviour; Caudal autotomy; Fatigue; Honest signal; Sex effect; Tail autotomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUTONOMY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HATCHING; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; SELECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA;

BASSIANA DUPERREYI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79960554791     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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