What Need for Speed? Lizards from Islands Missing Predators Sprint Slower.

Sarah L Semegen, Johanna L Fornberg, Peter A Bednekoff, Johannes Foufopoulos

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Sarah L SemegenSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Johanna L FornbergSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5350-7401

Peter A BednekoffBiology Department, Eastern Michigan University, 441 Mark Jefferson Science Complex, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA.

Johannes FoufopoulosSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8341-8271

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Abstract

Island taxa are frequently susceptible to introduced predators. This susceptibility is thought to be caused by the loss of key ancestral antipredator physiological adaptations during long periods of evolution under reduced predation pressures. Here, we test the hypothesis that island species have reduced locomotor abilities. While locomotor abilities are critical for escaping predation, little is known on how the presence of different types of native predators influences these abilities by maintaining selective pressure. To fill this gap, we documented sprint speed in the Aegean wall lizard (

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ecologylocomotor performancepredation pressure

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PMID41007895

DOI10.3390/ani15182651

PMCPMC12466806

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