Shifted balance of risk and cost after autotomy affects use of cover, escape, activity, and foraging in the keeled earless lizard (Holbrookia propinqua)

By W. E. Cooper Jr.. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2003

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Blue tail and striped body: why do lizards change their infant costume when growing up? (2006, background): “Due to the early change in tail color, it is unlikely that there is a difference between newly hatched lizards and 3-week-old hatchlings in the costs and consequences of tail autotomy, such as energy loss (Vitt et al. 1977), limited performance (Brown et al. 1995), and the loss of further ability to”
Predator lethality, optimal escape behavior, and autotomy (2010, background): “Some prey after autotomy may become less active to enhance crypsis by remaining immobile or stay closer to refuges (Cooper 2003; Fleming et al. 2007; Bateman and Fleming 2009).”