Selective advantage of irreversible and reversible phenotypic plasticity

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Gabriel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breadth of adaptation; Completeness of information; Environmental tolerance; Irreversible phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic plasticity; Reliability of environmental cues; Response time lag; Reversible phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 33750220836     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0167-0001     Document Type: Article

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