Browsing by Subject "plasticity"
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Diet and a developmental time constraint alter life-history trade-offs in a caddis fly (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)
(Linnean Society of London, 2008-01-18)Environmental factors influence variation in life histories by affecting growth, development, and reproduction. We conducted an experiment in outdoor mesocosms to examine how diet and a time constraint on juvenile development ... -
Reinforcing abiotic and biotic time constraints facilitate the broad distribution of a generalist with fixed traits
(Ecological Society of America, 2009-06-16)Abstract. Many species are habitat specialists along environmental gradients as a result of contrasting selection pressures, but others maintain broad distributions along such gradients. Phenotypic plasticity explains the ...
