Variation in the degree and costs of adaptive phenotypic plasticity among Rana temporaria populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1132-1140

  Merila J ^a   Laurila, A ^b   Lindgren, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amphibians; Costs of plasticity; Developmental time; Geographic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FROG; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANA TEMPORARIA; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWEDEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 4444226472     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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