Re-evaluating the costs and limits of adaptive phenotypic plasticity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1681, 2010, Pages 503-511

  Auld, Josh R ^a   Agrawal, Anurag A ^b   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Canalization; Constraint; Cost of defence; Homeostasis; Phenotypic stability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOMEOSTASIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 76249087913     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1355     Document Type: Review

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