The concept of fitness in fluctuating environments

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 273-281

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Environmental stochasticity; Fitness; Phenotypic evolution; Selection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION SIZE;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84928757244     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.007     Document Type: Review

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