Phenotypic plasticity can be important for local adaptation, because it enables individuals to
survive in a novel environment until genetic changes have been accumulated by genetic …

Although theoretical models have identified environmental heterogeneity as a prerequisite
for the evolution of adaptive plasticity, this relationship has not yet been demonstrated …

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the form of capacity to accelerate development as a
response to pond drying risk is known from many amphibian species. However, very little is …

Costs and limits are assumed to be the major constraints on the evolution of phenotypic
plasticity. However, despite their expected importance, they have been surprisingly hard to …

Phenotypic plasticity provides means for adapting to environmental unpredictability. In terms
of accelerated development in the face of pond‐drying risk, phenotypic plasticity has been …

In ectotherms, variation in life history traits among populations is common and suggests
local adaptation. However, geographic variation itself is not a proof for local adaptation, as …

Gene flow is often considered to be one of the main factors that constrains local adaptation
in a heterogeneous environment. However, gene flow may also lead to the evolution of …

Amphibian larvae are plastic in many traits. Can plasticity buffer population divergence, so
that local adaptation is more common in non-plastic traits? I argue that this may be the case …

Background Adaptive plasticity is essential for many species to cope with environmental
heterogeneity. In particular, developmental plasticity allows organisms with complex life …

Predator‐induced morphological plasticity is a model system for investigating phenotypic
plasticity in an ecological context. We investigated the genetic basis of the predator‐induced …