Phenotypic diversity as an adaptation to environmental uncertainty

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-515

  Donaldson Matasci, Matina C ^a,b   Lachmann, Michael ^b   Bergstrom, Carl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Fluctuating environment; Generalist; Life history; Plasticity; Polyphenism; specialist; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549116419     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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