Increased tail length in the King's skink, Egernia kingii (Reptilia: Scincidae): An anti-predation tactic for juveniles?
Caudal autotomy is an adaptive, but costly, anti-predation strategy used by many lizard species. As predation risk varies with ontogenetic life stage, it can be predicted that the use of costly anti-predation mechanisms would also change if they are no longer required. Here we assess ontogenetic cha...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84087 |