Fluctuating population dynamics promotes the evolution of phenotypic plasticity

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-189

  Svanbäck, Richard ^a,b   Pineda Krch, Mario ^a,c   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Adaptive radiation; Evolutionary branching; Evolutionary model; Individual based model; Resource polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIALIST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 70149104487     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600112     Document Type: Article

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