The flexible phenotype : a body-centred integration of ecology, physiology, and behaviour /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Piersma, Theunis
Otros Autores: Gils, Jan A. van (coaut.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Colección:Oxford biology.
Materias:
Fenotipo.
Plasticidad genotípica.
Genómica.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Pt. I. Basics of organismal design
  • Maintaining the balance of heat, water, nutrients, and energy
  • Symmorphosis: principle and limitations of economic design
  • Pt. II. Adding environment
  • Metabolic ceilings: the ecology of physiological restraint
  • Phenotypic plasticity: matching phenotypes to environmental demands
  • Pt. III. Adding behaviour
  • Optimal behaviour: currencies and constraints
  • Optimal foraging: the dynamic choice between diets, feeding patches, and gut sizes
  • Pt. IV. Towards a fully integrated view
  • Beyond the physical balance: disease and predation
  • Population consequences: conservation and management of flexible phenotypes
  • Evolution in five dimensions: phenotypes first!

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