Phenotypic plasticity in evolutionary rescue experiments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1610, 2013, Pages

  Chevin, Luis Miguel ^a   Gallet, Romain ^a   Gomulkiewicz, Richard ^b   Holt, Robert D ^c   Fellous, Simon ^d,e  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Changing environment; Evolution of plasticity; Evolutionary demography; Experimental evolution; Extinction; Generalism

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GERMPLASM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84871876798     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0089     Document Type: Review

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