Inter-individual variation promotes ecological success of populations and species: evidence from experimental and comparative studies

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 630-648

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Wennersten, Lena ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84945143735     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01357     Document Type: Article

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