Unexpected Patterns of Plastic Energy Allocation in Stochastic Environments
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 173 (3) , E108-E120
Abstract
When environmental conditions vary stochastically, individuals accrue fitness benefits by exhibiting phenotypic plasticity. Here we analyze a general dynamic‐programming model describing ...Keywords
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