Modeling the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in resource allocation in wing-dimorphic insects

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-716

  King, Elizabeth G ^a   Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Environmental predictability; Migration; Phenotypic plasticity; Wing dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; FLIGHT; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF; WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GENETICS; INSECT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; INSECTS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; WING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952049456     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652434     Document Type: Article

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