Has an invasive lizard lost its antipredator behaviours following 40 generations of isolation from snake predators?

• Published in: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Vol. 75; no. 9
• Main Authors: Naimo, Annalise C., Jones, Cameron, Chapple, David G., Wong, Bob B. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Anti-predator behavior; Behavior; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bird impact; Environmental changes; Exploratory behavior; Foraging behavior; Foraging habitats; Heteropoda; Human influences; Human motion; Indigenous species; Introduced species; Invasive species; Lampropholis delicata; Life Sciences; Lizards; Nonnative species; Original Article; Predation; Predators; Pseudechis porphyriacus; Reptiles; Shelters; Snakes; Time measurement; Using behavioral ecology to explore adaptive responses to anthropogenic change; Zoology; Predator avoidance; Personality; Behavioural plasticity; Antipredator behaviour; Invasion; Adaptation

The introduction of species outside their native range is an insidious form of human-induced environmental change, with mounting evidence that behaviour, either through plastic behavioural responses or adaptive changes, can play a vital role in mediating invasion success. In particular, when species...