Article
The evolution of plasticity at geographic range edges.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Sept 2023
Usui Takuji, Lerner David, Eckert Isaac, Angert Amy L, Garroway Colin J, Hargreaves Anna, Lancaster Lesley T, Lessard Jean-Philippe, Riva Federico, Schmidt Chloé, van der Burg Karin, Marshall Katie E
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity enables rapid responses to environmental change, and could facilitate range shifts in response to climate change. What drives the evolution of plasticity at range edges, and the capacity of range-edge individuals to be plastic, remain unclear. Here, we propose that accurately predicting when plasticity itself evolves or mediates adaptive evolution at expanding range edges requires...
Topics
- Humans
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Climate Change
- Biological Evolution
- Phenotype