Plasticity and genetic adaptation mediate amphibian and reptile responses to climate change

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-103

  Urban, Mark C ^a   Richardson, Jonathan L ^a   Freidenfelds, Nicole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Common garden experiments; Contemporary evolution; Global change; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891932853     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12114     Document Type: Article

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