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Experimental evidence for the rapid evolution of behavioral canalization in natural populations
Download2009
Lynch, B.R., Trussell, G.C., Palmer, A.R., Edgell, T.C.
Canalization—the evolutionary loss of the capacity of organisms to develop different phenotypes in different environments— is an evolutionary phenomenon suspected to occur widely, although examples in natural populations are elusive. Because behavior is typically a highly flexible component of an...
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Plant Phenotypic Plasticity Belowground: A Phylogenetic Perspective on Root Foraging Trade‐Offs
Download2005
Cahill Jr, J. F., Kembel, S. W.
Many plants proliferate roots in nutrient patches, presumably increasing nutrient uptake and plant fitness. Nutrient heterogeneity has been hypothesized to maintain community diversity because of a trade‐off between the spatial extent over which plants forage (foraging scale) and their ability to...
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Plant phenotypic plasticity belowground: a phylogenetic perspective on root foraging trade-offs
Download2005-01-01
Many plants proliferate roots in nutrient patches, presumably increasing nutrient uptake and plant fitness. Nutrient heterogeneity has been hypothesized to maintain community diversity because of a trade-off between the spatial extent over which plants forage (foraging scale) and their ability to...
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Plastic phenotypic responses of the sea star Pisaster ochraceus to spatial and temporal variation in wave exposure
DownloadFall 2011
The intertidal sea star Pisaster ochraceus lives in a wide range of wave-exposure conditions in the northeastern Pacific. Its body form and tube foot tenacity are both highly correlated with wave exposure. On wave-exposed shores sea stars attach to the substrate with higher tenacity, weigh...
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Spatial characteristics of volatile communication in lodgepole pine trees: Evidence of kin recognition and intra-species support
Download2019-11-01
Hussain, Altaf, Rodriquez-Ramos, Jean C., Erbilgin, Nadir
Plant interactions using volatile organic compounds, particularly in the context of kin recognition have received considerable attention in recent years, but several discrepancies and conflicting results have restricted our understanding. We propose that some of these discrepancies in literature...