Adaptive versus non‐adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments

By C. Ghalambor, John K. McKay, Scott P Carroll, D. Reznick. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Response of individual components of reproductive phenology to growing season length in a monocarpic herb (2011, background): “Whether this phenotypic similarity reveals historic selection of high-elevation populations in a longer growing season (reviewed in Ghalambor et al. 2007) or simply a common physiological response of accelerated growth and development under warmer conditions is not known.”
Underappreciated Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity for Ecological Speciation (2012, background): “However, any environmental effect on phenotypes can affect the strength and direction of selection in addition to the genetic variances and covariances of important traits [18, 22, 42].”
Genetic and environmental contributions to the morphology of lake and stream stickleback: implications for gene flow and reproductive isolation (2008, background): “the same and other traits (Price et al., 2003; Ghalambor et al., 2007; Crispo, 2008).”
Intra‐specific variability and plasticity influence potential tree species distributions under climate change (2011, background): “Phenotypic plasticity allows an organism to live across a wider range of environments than those with stable phenotypes (Ghalambor et al., 2007; van Kleunen & Fischer, 2007).”
An overview of the evolutionary causes and consequences of behavioural plasticity (2013, background): “Thus, more and more biologists have turned to studying developmental responses, in particular, adaptive phenotypic plasticity, to understand how organisms will respond to rapidly changing environments (Price et al. 2003; Ghalambor et al. 2007; Lande 2009).”
Ecological limits to plant phenotypic plasticity. (2007, background): “…been frequently reported as adaptive (e.g. Poorter & Lambers, 1986; Valladares & Pearcy, 1998; Donohue et al., 2003; Dudley, 2004), but this is not always the case (van Kleunen & Fischer, 2005), and examples of maladaptive plasticity do exist (Sánchez-Gómez et al., 2006a; Ghalambor et al., 2007).”
The allometry of reproductive biomass in response to land use in Tibetan alpine grasslands. (2009, background): “For example, this variability may serve to buffer populations from environmental changes, thus reducing the risk of extinction (Ghalambor et al. 2007).”
Do invasive species show higher phenotypic plasticity than native species and, if so, is it adaptive? A meta-analysis. (2011, background): “It has been suggested that adaptive phenotypic plasticity confers greater tolerance to changing conditions (Ghalambor et al. 2007), either by enabling species to tolerate new environments and persist long enough to adapt, or by directly facilitating evolution through genetic assimilation (Waddington”
Studying phenotypic plasticity: the advantages of a broad approach (2012, background): “Importantly, by stressing that the ecological significance or adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity can be evaluated without reference to the underlying mechanisms, we do not imply that any phenotypic change observed under different environments is to be considered adaptive (Ghalambor et al., 2007”
Human influences on rates of phenotypic change in wild animal populations (2008, background): “Strong plastic responses to human-induced environmental change might either increase or decrease the likelihood of population persistence, and might also alter the strength of selection and the rate of genetic change (West-Eberhard 2003; Ghalambor et al. 2007).”
Natives adapting to invasive species: ecology, genes, and the sustainability of conservation (2007, background): “In contrast, the developmental response of body size to the new host plant is ultimately favored by selection, suggesting a promotional role of plasticity in moving the population toward a new adaptive peak (Ghalambor et al. 2007).”
Environment‐enhanced self‐fertilization: implications for niche shifts in adjacent populations (2010, background): “debate on the role of phenotypic plasticity in the colonization of nearby, new habitats by plants (Sultan 1987, 1995; Richards et al. 2006; Ghalambor et al. 2007).”
Evolution and behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change (2011, background): “This reflects the notion that all types of learning fit onto a preparedness continuum, ranging from prepared learning (the predisposed learning ability in animals) to contraprepared learning (mechanism that make learning difficult to occur).”