Linking the spatial scale of environmental variation and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: Selection favors adaptive plasticity in fine-grained environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Baythavong, Brooke S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Erodium cicutarium; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection; Serpentine soils; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GERANIACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; GERANIACEAE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOIL;

ERODIUM CICUTARIUM;

EID: 79959285661     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660281     Document Type: Article

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