Activity, tail loss, growth and survivorship of male Psammodromus algirus

Males with autotomized tail were sighted more often and moved longer distances than males with complete tail. There were no significant differences in survival between the two groups. The increase of snout-vent lenght at emergence the following year was significantly lower for males with autotomized...

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Autores: Salvador Milla, Alfredo, Veiga, José Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/115221
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/115221
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Activity
Tail loss
Growth
Survivorship
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Sumario:Males with autotomized tail were sighted more often and moved longer distances than males with complete tail. There were no significant differences in survival between the two groups. The increase of snout-vent lenght at emergence the following year was significantly lower for males with autotomized tail than for males with complete tail.