The evolution of bet hedging in response to local ecological conditions

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rajon, Etienne ^a   Desouhant, Emmanuel ^a   Chevalier, Mathieu ^b,c   Débias, François ^a   Menu, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Université de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Diapause; Environmental stochasticity; Fitness landscape; Insect; Life history trait

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DORMANCY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FAGACEAE; FRANCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIAPAUSE, INSECT; ENVIRONMENT; FAGACEAE; FRANCE; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; WEEVILS;

EID: 84902656075     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676506     Document Type: Article

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