The hormetic zone: An ecological and evolutionary perspective based upon habitat characteristics and fitness selection

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 459-467

  Parsons, P A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHANOL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIATION, IONIZING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035214074     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420541     Document Type: Review

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