Adaptive plasticity in wild field cricket's acoustic signaling.

Phenotypic plasticity can be adaptive when phenotypes are closely matched to changes in the environment. In crickets, rhythmic fluctuations in the biotic and abiotic environment regularly result in diel rhythms in density of sexually active individuals. Given that density strongly influences the int...

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Main Authors: Susan M Bertram, Sarah J Harrison, Ian R Thomson, Lauren P Fitzsimmons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23935965/?tool=EBI