Red tails are effective decoys for avian predators

Bite me: Blue tails as a ‘risky-decoy’ defense tactic for lizards

(2016) P. W. Bateman et al.   Current Zoology

Exploring the function of red colouration in female spiny-footed lizards (Acanthodactylus erythrurus): patterns of seasonal colour change

(2013) José J. Cuervo et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Does avian conspicuous colouration increase or reduce predation risk?

(2013) M. Ruiz-Rodríguez et al.   OECOLOGIA

Deflective and intimidating eyespots: a comparative study of eyespot size and position inJunoniabutterflies

(2013) Ullasa Kodandaramaiah et al.   Ecology and Evolution

An experimental test of the role of predators in the maintenance of a genetically based polymorphism

(2012) R. Calsbeek et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Capsaicin as a Deterrent Against Introduced Mammalian Nest Predators

(2012) Shane M. Baylis et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

The fitness consequences of the autotomous blue tail in lizards: an empirical test of predator response using clay models

(2012) Charles M. Watson et al.   ZOOLOGY

Tail waving in a lizard (Bassiana duperreyi) functions to deflect attacks rather than as a pursuit-deterrent signal

(2011) Rory S. Telemeco et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Disruption or aposematism? Significance of dorsal zigzag pattern of European vipers

(2011) Janne Valkonen et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Combination of local selection pressures drives diversity in aposematic signals

(2011) Koji Mochida   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Seeing through the lizard’s trick: do avian predators avoid autotomous tails?

(2011) Bart Vervust et al.   Open Life Sciences

Colorful tails fade when lizards adopt less risky behaviors

(2009) Dror Hawlena   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Resembling the juvenile colour of host cichlid facilitates access of the guest cichlid to host territory

(2009) Haruki Ochi et al.   BEHAVIOUR

A Remarkable Ontogenetic Change in Color Pattern in a New Species of Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

(2009) Fred Kraus et al.   COPEIA

Why birds eat colourful grit: colour preferences revealed by the colour of gizzard stones

(2009) A. P. MØLLER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

FORM, FUNCTION, AND FITNESS: PATHWAYS TO SURVIVAL

(2008) James B. Johnson et al.   EVOLUTION

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

Evolution of vertebrate visual pigments

(2008) James K. Bowmaker   VISION RESEARCH