Is partial tail loss the key to a complete understanding of caudal autotomy?

Impact of Tail Loss on the Behaviour and Locomotor Performance of Two Sympatric Lampropholis Skink Species

(2012) Gillian L. Cromie et al.   PLoS One

Frequency of tail loss reflects variation in predation levels, predator efficiency, and the behaviour of three populations of brown anoles

(2011) PHILIP W. BATEMAN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Longer Hiding Time in Refuge Implies Greater Assessed Risk After Capture and Autotomy in Striped Plateau Lizards (Sceloporus virgatus)

(2010) William E. Cooper et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

The paradox of risk allocation: a review and prospectus

(2009) Maud C.O. Ferrari et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Costs and economy of autotomy for tail movement and running speed in the skink Trachylepis maculilabris

(2009) William E. Cooper et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Hurt yourself to hurt your enemy: new insights on the function of the bizarre antipredator mechanism in the salamandridPleurodeles waltl

(2009) E. Heiss et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

How to stay alive after losing your tail

(2008) William Cooper et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Many-lined sun skinks (Mabuya multifasciata) do not compensate for the costs of tail loss by increasing feeding rate or digestive efficiency

(2008) Yan-Yan Sun et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years

(2008) P. W. Bateman et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY