Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-81

  DeWitt, Thomas J ^a   Sih, Andrew ^a   Wilson, David Sloan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY COST; EVOLUTIONARY LIMITS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

BIODIVERSITY; CRAYFISH; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPISTASIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PREDATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031915546     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01274-3     Document Type: Article

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