Scaling up phenotypic plasticity with hierarchical population models

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-599

  Jongejans, Eelke ^a,b   Huber, Heidrun ^a   de Kroon, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life history components; Life table response experiments; Matrix projection models; Trait trait covariances; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FLOODING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 77952675067     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9340-2     Document Type: Article

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