Phenotypic plasticity, if adaptive, may allow species to counter the detrimental effects of
extreme conditions, but the infrequent occurrence of extreme environments and/or their …

How ecological niche breadth evolves is central to adaptation and speciation and has been
a topic of perennial interest. Niche breadth evolution research has occurred within …

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

Quantifying thermal performance curves (TPCs) for biological rates has many applications to
important problems such as predicting responses of biological systems—from individuals to …

Ecology and evolution have long been recognized as reciprocally influencing each other,
with recent research emphasizing how such interactions can occur even on very short …

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The evolution of" niche breadth," or" niche width," was a more popular topic in the
evolutionary ecological literature of the 1960s and 1970s than it has been recently (109 …

Phenotypic characteristics of animals can change independently from changes in the
genetic code. These plastic phenotypic responses are important for population persistence …

To achieve a coherent evolutionary theory, it is necessary to account for the effects of the
environment on the process of development. Phenotypic plasticity is the change in the …

By influencing physiological reaction rates'-', body temperature has a significant impact on
an ectotherm's performance (eg its ability to run, feed and interact sociallyI and ultimately on …