Habitat-specific differences in thermal plasticity in natural populations of a soil arthropod

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-271

  Liefting, Maartje ^a   Ellers, Jacintha ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Divergent selection; Juvenile growth rate; Litter; Orchesella cintca; Parasympatric; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DIVERGENCE; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTHROPODA; ORCHESELLA; ORCHESELLA CINCTA;

EID: 44649174265     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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