Nutritional quality modulates trait variability

Nutritional quality modulates trait variability

Abstract Background Trait based functional and community ecology is en vogue. Most studies, however, ignore phenotypical diversity by characterizing entire species considering only trait means rather than their variability. Phenotypical variability may arise from genotypical differences or from ecol...

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Main Authors: Adrian Brückner, Romina Schuster, Katja Wehner, Michael Heethoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Trait plasticity
Functional traits
Parthenogenesis
Nutritional ecology
Nutritional balance
Threshold elemental ratio
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0297-2

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