Responses of disparate phenotypically-plastic, melanin-based traits to common cues: Limits to the benefits of adaptive plasticity?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-298

  Stoehr, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanization; Phenotypic plasticity; Pieris rapae; Seasonal polyphenism; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BUTTERFLY; DIET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MELANIN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PUPATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TRADE-OFF;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 77952742638     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9306-4     Document Type: Article

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