Robustness, plasticity, and evolvability in mammals
Subtitle: a thermal niche approach
By: Clara B. Jones
Series: Springer briefs in evolutionary biology; SpringerBriefs in evolutionary biology
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781461438847; 9781461438854
Subjects: Mammals; Evolution; Ecophysiology; Seasonal variations; Phenotypic plasticity; Adaptation (Biology); Mammal populations; Climatic factors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-104) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : What paths to inclusive fitness of individuals and mean fitness of mammal populations?; title: Mammals : from humble vertebrate beginnings to global terrestrial dominance; title: Variability of mammalian thermal niches : differential effects of local and global environmental heterogeneity; title: Robustness and polyphenisms in mammals : "core processes," "repatterning," "constrained variation," and "regulatory logic"; title: Learning may generate phenotypic variability in heterogeneous regimes; title: Discussion : stimulus [horizontal double-headed arrow] response [horizontal double-headed arrow] stimulus; title: Synopsis.