Ecological consequences of phenotypic plasticity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 685-692

  Miner, Benjamin G ^a   Sultan, Sonia E ^b   Morgan, Steven G ^a   Padilla, Dianna K ^c,d   Relyea, Rick A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 27844543707     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.002     Document Type: Review

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