Generalists, specialists, and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in sympatric populations of distinct species

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1372-1380

  Van Tienderen, Peter H ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics; Reaction norms; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030727756     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb01460.x     Document Type: Article

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