Adaptive, maladaptive, neutral, or absent plasticity: Hidden caveats of reaction norms
Abstract Adaptive phenotypic plasticity may improve the response of individuals when faced with new environmental conditions. Typically, empirical evidence for plasticity is based on phenotypic reaction norms obtained in reciprocal transplant experiments. In such experiments, individuals from their...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-02-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Applications |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13482 |