Article
Evolution of plasticity and adaptive responses to climate change along climate gradients.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 16 Aug 2017
Kingsolver Joel G, Buckley Lauren B
Abstract excerpt
The relative contributions of phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution to the responses of species to recent and future climate change are poorly understood. We combine recent (1960-2010) climate and phenotypic data with microclimate, heat balance, demographic and evolutionary models to address this issue for a montane butterfly, Colias eriphyle, along an elevational gradient. Our focal phenotype, wing solar...
Topics
- Acclimatization
- Altitude
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Butterflies
- Climate Change
- Microclimate
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Seasons