Misinterpreting the adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity in studies on plant adaptation to new and variable environments.

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Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism for plant adaptation to variable environments, and plant responses to changing climates. However, plasticity in fitness or performance traits (i.e. fecundity, biomass, growth rate) is generally not adaptive since plasticity in these traits would require low fitness or poor performance in some environments. I assessed the use of plasticity in fitness and performance...

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