Philip W. Bateman

TL;DR: In a time of massive environmental change across the globe, the continuing encroachment of urbanization upon wilderness areas is substantially reducing the availability of natural habitats for many species; therefore, understanding the biology of any taxon that is able to adapt to and exploit anthropogenically disturbed systems must aid us in both controlling and developing suitable conservation measures for the future of such species.

TL;DR: The incidence of caudal autotomy among lizards (Reptilia Sauria) is reviewed with particular reference to questions posed by Arnold, and the factors that may influence the facility with which autotomy takes place are examined, including regeneration rate, body form and adaptive behaviour.

TL;DR: Autotomy is defined herein as the shedding of a body part, where the loss of the body part is defensive, the animal moves away from the trapped limb, the loss is under some form of central control (neural or hormonal), or the body parts are detached quickly.

TL;DR: Females appeared to ‘bet hedge’ at the first copulation, rather than be unable to judge male size/quality; but with increasing experience, their spermatophore retention and rejection behaviour clearly indicated a favouring of large males and an active discrimination against small males.

TL;DR: Test the hypothesis that glucose concentrations around conception influence sex ratios, and provides evidence for a mechanism, which, in tandem with other mechanisms, could explain observed sex ratio variation in mammals.