An overview of the evolutionary causes and consequences of behavioural plasticity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1004-1011

  Snell Rood, Emilie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Human induced rapid environmental change (HIREC); Life history; Niche construction; Phenotypic plasticity; Variable environment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENOTYPE; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SAMPLING; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84877595994     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.031     Document Type: Article

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