Key questions on the role of phenotypic plasticity in eco-evolutionary dynamics

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-41

  Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive divergence; Community structure; Contemporary evolution; Ecosystem function; Heritability; Population dynamics; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE COST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLISM PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANKTON; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84960080354     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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