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Beneficial acclimation and the Bogert effect.
Ecology letters - 1 Oct 2008
Marais Elrike, Chown Steven L
Abstract excerpt
Few studies have examined the extent to which phenotypic plasticity in a given trait might be influenced by behavioural responses to an environmental cue. Regulatory behaviour might eliminate environmental variation such that little selection for physiological change would take place. Here, to test this Bogert effect on acclimation, we use two life-stages of a kelp fly that inhabit the same habitat, but differ...
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