Temporal environmental variation and phenotypic plasticity: A mechanism underlying priority effects

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Hoverman, Jason T ^a,b   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COLONIZATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LARVA; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; SNAIL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASTACOIDEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 36749100980     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15969.x     Document Type: Article

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