Article
Understanding Organismal Capacity to Respond to Anthropogenic Change: Barriers and Solutions.
Integrative and comparative biology - 5 Feb 2022
Gabor Caitlin R, Kivlin Stephanie N, Hua Jessica, Bickford Nate, Reiskind Martha O Burford, Wright Timothy F
Abstract excerpt
Global environmental changes induced by human activities are forcing organisms to respond at an unprecedented pace. At present we have only a limited understanding of why some species possess the capacity to respond to these changes while others do not. We introduce the concept of multidimensional phenospace as an organizing construct to understanding organismal evolutionary responses to environmental change. We...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Genotype
- Phenotype
- Physical Conditioning, Animal