Multiple cues influence multiple traits in the phenotypically plastic melanization of the cabbage white butterfly.

Abstract excerpt

Phenotypic plasticity, or the ability of organisms to produce different phenotypes depending upon environmental factors, may be adaptive in varying environments. However, because environments differ in many ways and organisms consist of many traits perfect phenotype-environment matches are unlikely. Studies that investigate multiple interacting environmental factors and the plastic responses of multiple traits...

Topics

• Animals
• Brassica
• Butterflies
• Cues
• Phenotype