The relative advantages of plasticity and fixity in different environments: When is it good for a plant to adjust?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-297

  Alpert, Peter ^a   Simms, Ellen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant phenotypic plasticity; Resource availability; Spatial and temporal heterogeneity; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0036038145     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019684612767     Document Type: Article

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