Retained non-adaptive plasticity: Gene flow or small inherent costs of plasticity?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-495

  Edelaar, Pim ^a,b,c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Postma, Erik ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anti predation behaviour; Bivalve; Inherent cost; Macoma; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 17444425775     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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