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1. Full Text Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate
by Nicotra, A.B and Atkin, O.K and Bonser, S.P and Davidson, A.M and Finnegan, E.J and Mathesius, U and Poot, P and Purugganan, M.D and Richards, C.L and Valladares, F and van Kleunen, M
Trends in Plant Science, ISSN 1360-1385, 2010, Volume 15, Issue 12, pp. 684 - 692
Climate change is altering the availability of resources and the conditions that are crucial to plant performance. One way plants will respond to these changes... 
TREE SPECIES RANGE | RESPONSES | ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA | MATURATION TEMPERATURE | WATER AVAILABILITY | LIFE-HISTORY | CHANGE IMPACTS | REACTION NORMS | GLOBAL CHANGE | ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION | PLANT SCIENCES | Adaptation, Physiological | Flowers - physiology | Plant Physiological Phenomena | Climate Change | Plants - genetics | Seeds - physiology
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2. Full Text Evolution of phenotypic plasticity in colonizing species
by Lande, Russell
Molecular Ecology, ISSN 0962-1083, 05/2015, Volume 24, Issue 9, pp. 2038 - 2045
I elaborate an hypothesis to explain inconsistent empirical findings comparing phenotypic plasticity in colonizing populations or species with plasticity from... 
development | labile plasticity | cost of plasticity | fluctuating environment | quantitative characters | adaptive evolution | genetic assimilation | environmental predictability | one‐shot plasticity | one-shot plasticity | PLANT | METAANALYSIS | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | ENVIRONMENT | CLIMATE-CHANGE | POPULATIONS | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | GENETIC EVOLUTION | ADAPTATION | ECOLOGY | PREVENT EXTINCTION | RANGE | Biological Evolution | Genetic Variation | Phenotype | Adaptation, Biological - genetics | Population Density | Selection, Genetic | Ecology | Introduced Species | Models, Genetic | Evolutionary biology | Evolution | Quantitative genetics | Genotype & phenotype | Genetic diversity | Nonnative species
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3. Full Text Costs of Phenotypic Plasticity
by Rick A. Relyea and Associate Editor: Peter J. Morin
The American Naturalist, ISSN 0003-0147, 03/2002, Volume 159, Issue 3, pp. 272 - 282
Phenotypically plastic organisms display alternative phenotypes in different environments. It is widely appreciated that possessing alternative phenotypes can... 
Frogs | Larvae | Capital costs | Phenotypes | Predators | Tadpoles | Ecological competition | Larval development | Genotypes | Phenotypic traits | Cost of plasticity | Growth | Trait plasticity | Rana sylvatica | Development | Phenotypic plasticity | Anax | Predation | Fitness | development | WESTERN WHITE BUTTERFLIES | DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER | predation | phenotypic plasticity | trait plasticity | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | EVOLUTION | DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY | fitness | LARVAL ANURANS | cost of plasticity | FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY | LIFE-HISTORY | ECOLOGY | growth | ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY | SELECTION | Phenotype | Analysis | Physiological aspects | Evolution | Adaptation (Physiology) | Observations | Dragonflies
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4. Full Text Phenotypic plasticity and experimental evolution
by Garland Jr, Theodore and Kelly, Scott A
Journal of Experimental Biology, ISSN 0022-0949, 06/2006, Volume 209, Issue 12, pp. 2344 - 2361
Natural or artificial selection that favors higher values of a particular trait within a given population should engender an evolutionary response that... 
Locomotion | Adaptive plasticity | Exercise | Mouse | Complex traits | Artificial selection | Environment | Genotype | IN-HOUSE MICE | DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER | locomotion | VOLUNTARY EXERCISE | complex traits | exercise | LOCOMOTOR-ACTIVITY | GENETIC SELECTION | COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY | adaptive plasticity | artificial selection | genotype | mouse | MUS-DOMESTICUS | SKELETAL-MUSCLE | environment | WHEEL-RUNNING ACTIVITY | BIOLOGY | Adaptation, Physiological | Biological Evolution | Phenotype | Animals | Humans | Selection, Genetic | Research | Animal locomotion | Natural selection
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5. Full Text Phenotypic plasticity in evolutionary rescue experiments
by Chevin, Luis-Miguel and Gallet, Romain and Gomulkiewicz, Richard and Holt, Robert D and Fellous, Simon
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, ISSN 0962-8436, 01/2013, Volume 368, Issue 1610, pp. 20120089 - 20120089
Population persistence in a new and stressful environment can be influenced by the plastic phenotypic responses of individuals to this environment, and by the... 
Experimental evolution | Evolutionary demography | Extinction | Generalism | Evolution of plasticity | Changing environment | experimental evolution | evolutionary demography | WILD BIRD POPULATION | THERMAL SENSITIVITY | ESCHERICHIA-COLI | CLIMATE-CHANGE | MEASURING SELECTION | generalism | ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES | QUANTITATIVE GENETIC-ANALYSIS | extinction | BIOLOGY | changing environment | evolution of plasticity | ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY | REACTION NORMS | PREVENT EXTINCTION | Adaptation, Physiological | Selection, Genetic | Stress, Physiological | Genetic Fitness - physiology | Extinction, Biological | Plants | Biological Evolution | Competitive Behavior | Phenotype | Animals | Population Density | Bacteria | Environment | Mutation | Population Dynamics | Review
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6. Full Text Constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: Limits and costs of phenotype and plasticity
by Murren, C.J and Auld, J.R and Callahan, H and Ghalambor, C.K and Handelsman, C.A and Heskel, M.A and Kingsolver, J.G and Maclean, H.J and Masel, J and Maughan, H and Pfennig, D.W and Relyea, R.A and Seiter, S and Snell-Rood, E and Steiner, U.K and Schlichting, C.D
Heredity, ISSN 0018-067X, 10/2015, Volume 115, Issue 4, pp. 293 - 301
Phenotypic plasticity is ubiquitous and generally regarded as a key mechanism for enabling organisms to survive in the face of environmental change. Because no... 
GENETIC ACCOMMODATION | POPULATIONS | DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY | MAINTENANCE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | HYPOTHESIS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | CONSEQUENCES | ECOLOGY | ACCUMULATION | ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY | SELECTION | SPECIALISTS | Biological Evolution | Genetic Variation | Phenotype | Genetic Fitness | Adaptation, Biological - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Environment | Phenotypic plasticity | Adaptation (Biology) | Research | Genotype & phenotype | Evolution | Genetics | Heredity | Review
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7. Full Text Climate change, adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity: the problem and the evidence
by Merilä, Juha and Hendry, Andrew P
Evolutionary Applications, ISSN 1752-4571, 01/2014, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 14
Many studies have recorded phenotypic changes in natural populations and attributed them to climate change. However, controversy and uncertainty has arisen... 
genetics | natural selection | evolution | global change | environmental change | individual plasticity | Environmental change | Evolution | Genetics | Individual plasticity | Global change | Natural selection | BERGMANNS RULE | LOCAL ADAPTATION | QUANTITATIVE TRAIT | RESPONSES | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE | NATURAL-SELECTION | TEMPORAL DYNAMICS | DIRECTIONAL SELECTION | ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION | RAPID EVOLUTION | Climate change | Insects | Phenology | Phenotypic plasticity | Trends | Evolution & development | Adaptation
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8. Full Text Phenotypic plasticity and population viability: the importance of environmental predictability
by Thomas E. Reed and Robin S. Waples and Daniel E. Schindler and Jeffrey J. Hard and Michael T. Kinnison
Proceedings: Biological Sciences, ISSN 0962-8452, 11/2010, Volume 277, Issue 1699, pp. 3391 - 3400
Phenotypic plasticity plays a key role in modulating how environmental variation influences population dynamics, but we have only rudimentary understanding of... 
Population ecology | Phenotypes | Demography | Genetic variation | Ecological competition | Phenotypic plasticity | Evolution | Population size | Population dynamics | Environmental conservation | Cue reliability | Persistence | Reaction norm | Evolutionary trap | Environmental stochasticity | environmental stochasticity | reaction norm | CLIMATE-CHANGE | population dynamics | evolutionary trap | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | EVOLUTION | TEMPERATURE | CANALIZATION | cue reliability | ADAPTATION | BIOLOGY | LIFE-HISTORY | persistence | ECOLOGY | REACTION NORMS | ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY | SELECTION | REPRODUCTION | Phenotype | Reproduction | Animals | Stochastic Processes | Models, Biological | Computer Simulation | Adaptation, Physiological - physiology | Environment | Plants | 1001
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9. Full Text Evolution of environmental cues for phenotypic plasticity
by Luis-Miguel Chevin and Russell Lande
Evolution, ISSN 0014-3820, 10/2015, Volume 69, Issue 10, pp. 2767 - 2775
Phenotypically plastic characters may respond to multiple variables in their environment, but the evolutionary consequences of this phenomenon have rarely been... 
Quantitative genetics | Genetic equilibrium | BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS | Phenotypes | Phenotypic plasticity | Evolution | Evolutionary genetics | Autocorrelation | Covariance matrices | Phenotypic traits | Variable costs | photoperiodism | reaction norm | maladaptive plasticity | hyperplasticity | Environmental predictability | Hyperplasticity | Maladaptive plasticity | Reaction norm | Photoperiodism | TOLERANCE | CLIMATE-CHANGE | RESPONSES | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | GENETIC EVOLUTION | COSTS | ADAPTATION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | CONSEQUENCES | ECOLOGY | ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY | SELECTION | INDUCIBLE DEFENSES | Biological Evolution | Models, Theoretical | Phenotype | Animals | Selection, Genetic | Environment | Growth and Development - genetics | Analysis | Adaptation (Biology)
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10. Full Text The consequences of phenotypic plasticity for ecological speciation
by THIBERT‐PLANTE, X and HENDRY, A. P
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, ISSN 1010-061X, 02/2011, Volume 24, Issue 2, pp. 326 - 342
We use an individual‐based numerical simulation to study the effects of phenotypic plasticity on ecological speciation. We find that adaptive plasticity... 
gene flow | individual‐based modelling | divergent selection | selection against hybrids | adaptive radiation | adaptive divergence | selection against migrants | Adaptive radiation | Gene flow | Selection against hybrids | Individual-based modelling | Adaptive divergence | Selection against migrants | Divergent selection | LOCAL ADAPTATION | HOST-PLANT ADAPTATION | individual-based modelling | SEXUAL SELECTION | MICROSATELLITE LOCI | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | ADAPTIVE SPECIATION | SYMPATRIC SPECIATION | NATURAL-SELECTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | ECOLOGY | MATHEMATICAL-MODELS | REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION | Genetic Variation | Sexual Behavior, Animal | Animals | Demography | Hermaphroditic Organisms | Models, Biological | Ecosystem | Genetic Speciation | Environmental aspects | Analysis | Natural selection | Genotype & phenotype | Mathematical models | Ecology | Evolutionary biology | Dispersal | Biological Sciences | Naturvetenskap | Biologiska vetenskaper | Evolutionsbiologi | Natural Sciences | Evolutionary Biology
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