Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity

L Dupont, M Thierry, L Zinger, D Legrand… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Phenotypic plasticity can allow organisms to cope with environmental changes. Although
reaction norms are commonly used to quantify plasticity along gradients of environmental …

Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems: Avenues for future multifactorial experiments

M Gerhard, AM Koussoroplis, M Raatz… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The relevance of considering environmental variability for understanding and predicting
biological responses to environmental changes has resulted in a recent surge in variability …

Climate warming, resource availability, and the metabolic meltdown of ectotherms

RB Huey, JG Kingsolver - The American Naturalist, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Climate warming may lower environmental resource levels, growth, and fitness of many
ectotherms. In a classic experiment, Brett and colleagues documented that growth rates of …

Environmental change and the rate of phenotypic plasticity

T Burton, II Ratikainen, S Einum - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid and less predictable environmental change emerging as the 'new norm',
understanding how individuals tolerate environmental stress via plastic, often reversible …

Nonlinear averaging of thermal experience predicts population growth rates in a thermally variable environment

JR Bernhardt, JM Sunday… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As thermal regimes change worldwide, projections of future population and species
persistence often require estimates of how population growth rates depend on temperature …

Effects of thermal fluctuations on biological processes: a meta-analysis of experiments manipulating thermal variability

MA Slein, JR Bernhardt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermal variability is a key driver of ecological processes, affecting organisms and
populations across multiple temporal scales. Despite the ubiquity of variation, biologists lack …

Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for algal strain improvement: Methodologies and applications

AJ LaPanse, A Krishnan, MC Posewitz - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Originally developed in bacterial and fungal models, Adaptive Laboratory Evolution (ALE)
experimentally selects for targeted phenotypes by allowing cells containing beneficial …

Phenotypic plasticity of carbon fixation stimulates cyanobacterial blooms at elevated CO2

X Ji, JMH Verspagen, DB Van de Waal, B Rost… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Although phenotypic plasticity is a widespread phenomenon, its implications for species
responses to climate change are not well understood. For example, toxic cyanobacteria can …

Resolving the consequences of gradual phenotypic plasticity for populations in variable environments

SB Fey, CT Kremer, TJ Layden… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic adjustments following environmental change are ubiquitous, and trait changes
arising through phenotypic plasticity often lag behind their environmental stimuli …

Predictability of thermal fluctuations influences functional traits of a cosmopolitan marine diatom

RL Gill, S Collins, PA Argyle… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Evolutionary theory predicts that organismal plasticity should evolve in environments that
fluctuate regularly. However, in environments that fluctuate less predictably, plasticity may …