Developmental phenotypic plasticity helps bridge stochastic weather events associated with climate change

This article posits that the frequently abrupt environmental changes accompanying much longer-term general climate change require consideration of the true nature of environmental change coupled with an expansion of focus to consider developmental phenotypic plasticity.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Experimental Biology
Main Author: Burggren, Warren W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Company of Biologists 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.161984
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1390646/
Description
Summary:This article posits that the frequently abrupt environmental changes accompanying much longer-term general climate change require consideration of the true nature of environmental change coupled with an expansion of focus to consider developmental phenotypic plasticity.