Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the successful colonization of a novel environment

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-542

  Yeh, Pamela J ^a   Price, Trevor D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldwin effect; Breeding season; Dark eyed junco; Phenotypic plasticity; Population extinction; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SEASON; COLONIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PERIODICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 6344263585     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423825     Document Type: Article

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