Article
Modeling the population dynamics and community impacts of Ambystoma tigrinum: A case study of phenotype plasticity.
Mathematical biosciences - 1 Jun 2017
McCarthy Maeve L, Wallace Dorothy, Whiteman Howard H, Rheingold Evan T, Dunham Ann M, Prosper Olivia, Chen Michelle, Hu-Wang Eileen
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an organism to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment. General mathematical descriptions of the phenomenon rely on an abstract measure of "viability" that, in this study, is instantiated in the case of the Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. This organism has a point in its development when, upon maturing, it may take two very different forms. One...
Topics
- Ambystoma
- Animals
- Ecosystem
- Metamorphosis, Biological
- Phenotype
- Population Dynamics
- Predatory Behavior