Stress relief may promote the evolution of greater phenotypic plasticity in exotic invasive species: A hypothesis

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1169-1177

  Huang, Qiao Q ^a,b   Pan, Xiao Y ^c   Fan, Zhi W ^a   Peng, Shao L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Costs of plasticity; Environmental stress; Fitness; Invasive species; Mechanism of invasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924968965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1424     Document Type: Article

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