Adaptation, plasticity, and extinction in a changing environment: Towards a predictive theory

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Chevin, Luis Miguel ^a   Lande, Russell ^a   Mace, Georgina M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FORECASTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951716714     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000357     Document Type: Article

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