Costs of inducible defence along a resource gradient

In addition to having constitutive defence traits, many organisms also respond to predation by phenotypic plasticity. In order for plasticity to be adaptive, induced defences should incur a benefit to the organism in, for example, decreased risk of predation. However, the production of defence trait...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2012-01, Vol.7 (1), p.e30467-e30467
Hauptverfasser:	Brönmark, Christer, Lakowitz, Thomas, Nilsson, P Anders, Ahlgren, Johan, Lennartsdotter, Charlotte, Hollander, Johan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation Adaptation, Biological - genetics Adaptation, Biological - physiology anatomy & histology Animal Animal behavior Animals Aquatic ecology Behavior Behavior, Animal - physiology Biologi Biological Biological Sciences Biology Chemical stimuli Competition Costs Cues Defense Mechanisms Ecology Ekologi Escape Reaction Escape Reaction - physiology Evolution Evolutionary Biology Evolutionsbiologi Experiments Fecundity Fish Fishes Fishes - physiology Fitness Food Chain Food chains Food Supply Genetic Genetic Fitness Genetic Fitness - physiology genetics Growth rate Heritable Hyla femoralis Mollusks Morphology Natural Sciences Naturvetenskap Phenotypic plasticity Physella physiology Plastic properties Plasticity Ponds Predation Predators Procambarus Quantitative Trait Quantitative Trait, Heritable Resource availability Selection Selection, Genetic - genetics Selection, Genetic - physiology Shells Snails Snails - anatomy & histology Snails - genetics Snails - physiology Tinca tinca Zoologi Zoology
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