The evolution of age-dependent plasticity

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-125

  Fischer, Barbara ^a,b,c,e   van Doorn, G Sander ^a,d   Dieckmann, Ulf ^b   Taborsky, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Dynamic optimization; Eco evo devo; Information sampling; Plasticity windows; Reaction norms

Indexed keywords

AGE; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SAMPLING; SELECTION; VIABILITY;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84890317806     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674008     Document Type: Article

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