Phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary demographic responses to climate change: Taking theory out to the field

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 967-979

  Chevin, Luis Miguel ^a   Collins, Sinéad ^b   Lefèvre, François ^c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

Cline; Contemporary evolution; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Gene flow; Norm of reaction; Population persistence; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTINCTION; GENE FLOW; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RANGE EXPANSION; REACTION NORM; TOLERANCE; TREE;

EID: 84880748319     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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