On the Cost of Tail Regeneration to Body Growth in Lizards

Ballinger, Royce Ε.; Tinkle, Donald W.

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“…Furthermore, these larvae may have allocated energy to regeneration of the lamellae. A negative eect of autotomy on growth has also been found in ®eld populations of lizards (Ballinger and Tinkle 1979;Smith 1996;Niewiarowski et al 1997).…”

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Lethal and sublethal costs of autotomy and predator presence in damselfly larvae

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We studied the costs of lamellae autotomy with respect to growth and survival of Lestes sponsa damselfly larvae in field experiments. We manipulated predation risk by Aeshna cyanea dragonfly larvae and lamellae status of L. sponsa larvae in field enclosures and compared differences in numbers, size and mass of survivors among treatments. In the absence of a free-ranging A. cyanea larva, about 29% of the L. sponsa larvae died. This was probably due to cannibalism. The presence of a free-ranging A. cyanea reduced larval survival by 68% compared to treatments in which it was absent or not permitted to forage on L. sponsa damselflies. Across all predator treatments, lamellae autotomy reduced survival by about 20%. The mean head width and mass of survivors was lower in the enclosures with a free-ranging A. cyanea compared to the other two predator treatments. This suggested that larvae grew less in the presence of a free-ranging predator, indicating that increased antipredator behaviours were more important in shaping growth responses than reduced population density. Mass, but not head width, of survivors was also reduced after autotomy. The fitness consequences of these effects for the adults may be pronounced. In general, these field data strongly suggest that lamellae autotomy affects population regulation of damselflies.

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Lethal and sublethal costs of autotomy and predator presence in damselfly larvae

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“…Tailless subordinate males may be relegated to home ranges of lower overall quality, in which food and female availability would be lower (Fox et al 1981). As a consequence, tailless males may grow more slowly (Ballinger and Tinkle 1979), and have lower reproductive success and lower survival than tailed males.…”

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“…Regeneration costs in tailless lizards may be met by increased food intake (Dial and Fitzpatrick 1981) or by diversion of energy from other functions, such as somatic growth (Ballinger and Tinkle 1979) or reproductive effort (Dial and Fitzpatrick 1981). Dominant male lizards perform numerous aggressive behaviors toward other males, but aggression may reduce male survival because of a lower energy balance Moore 1988, 1991).…”

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Tail loss reduces mating success in the Iberian rock-lizard, Lacerta monticola

Martı́n

Salvador

1993

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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“…As is well known, many species of lizards have the abili ty to shed the tail, which reduces losses due to predation. The tail can regenerate at rates which, for reasons which are not well under stood, can vary between species [42] and the limited experimental data suggest that this regeneration is at the expense of other body growth [43]. There would be considerable in terest in determining the hormonal control mechanisms involved in apportioning rates between growth areas under these conditions.…”

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Growth in Reptiles

Avery¹

1994

Gerontology

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This paper reviews the literature on growth in reptiles. The current consensus is that growth data for small and medium-sized reptiles are best fitted by logistic-by-mass equations, data for larger reptiles by the von Bertalanffy equation. Experiments on the relationships between behavioural thermoregulation, food consumption and growth in both the laboratory and field are described, and an account is given of some recent work on individual differences in growth rates and their adaptive significance. In general, it may be said that in almost all areas of biology relating to growth, less is known about reptiles than about equivalent phenomena in fishes.

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On the Cost of Tail Regeneration to Body Growth in Lizards

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Lethal and sublethal costs of autotomy and predator presence in damselfly larvae

Lethal and sublethal costs of autotomy and predator presence in damselfly larvae

Tail loss reduces mating success in the Iberian rock-lizard, Lacerta monticola

Growth in Reptiles

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