Match and mismatch: Conservation physiology, nutritional ecology and the timescales of biological adaptation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1596, 2012, Pages 1628-1646

  Raubenheimer, David ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^b   Tait, Alice H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Conservation physiology; Geometric framework for nutrition; Nutritional ecology; Nutritional homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TIMESCALE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860690401     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0007     Document Type: Review

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