scholarly journals Should I Change or Should I Go? Phenotypic Plasticity and Matching Habitat Choice in the Adaptation to Environmental Heterogeneity

2017 ◽  
Vol 190 (4) ◽  
pp. 506-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pim Edelaar ◽  
Roger Jovani ◽  
Ivan Gomez-Mestre
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Environmental Heterogeneity ◽  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Matching Habitat Choice

scholarly journals Local adaptation and matching habitat choice in female barn owls with respect to melanic coloration

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. DREISS ◽  
S. ANTONIAZZA ◽  
R. BURRI ◽  
L. FUMAGALLI ◽  
C. SONNAY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Adaptation ◽  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Barn Owls ◽  
Matching Habitat Choice

scholarly journals Matching habitat choice promotes species persistence under climate change

Oikos ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Pellerin ◽  
Julien Cote ◽  
Elvire Bestion ◽  
Robin Aguilée
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Species Persistence ◽  
Matching Habitat Choice

scholarly journals Matching habitat choice: it's not for everyone

Oikos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Camacho ◽  
Andrew P. Hendry
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Matching Habitat Choice

scholarly journals Phenotype manipulation influences microhabitat choice in pygmy grasshoppers

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Wennersten ◽  
Einat Karpestam ◽  
Anders Forsman
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Genetic Structure ◽  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Behavioural Plasticity ◽  
Behavioral Differences ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Color Morphs ◽  
Microhabitat Choice ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Matching Habitat Choice

Abstract The matching habitat choice hypothesis posits that individuals actively choose those microhabitats that best match their specific phenotype to maximize fitness. Despite the profound implications, matching habitat choice has not been unequivocally demonstrated. We conducted two experiments to examine the impact of pigmentation pattern in the color polymorphic pygmy grasshopper Tetrix subulata on habitat choice in a laboratory thermal mosaic arena. We found no behavioral differences in the thermal mosaic among pygmy grasshoppers belonging to either pale, intermediate or dark natural color morphs. However, after manipulating the grasshoppers’ phenotype, the utilization through time of warmer and colder parts of the arena was different for black-painted and white-painted individuals. White-painted individuals used warmer parts of the arena, at least during the initial stage of the experiment. We conclude that microhabitat choice represents a form of behavioural plasticity. Thus, even if the choice itself is flexible and not genetically determined, it can still lead to spatial genetic structure in the population because the phenotypes themselves may be genetically mediated.

Genetic control of phenotypic plasticity in Asian cultivated and wild rice in response to nutrient and density changes

Genome ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Shimizu ◽  
Masamichi Maruoka ◽  
Naofumi Ichikawa ◽  
Akhil Ranjan Baruah ◽  
Naohiro Uwatoko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Genetic Control ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Wild Rice ◽  
Plant Architecture ◽  
Environmental Heterogeneity ◽  
Crop Evolution ◽  
Genetic Changes ◽  
Environmental Signals ◽  
Trait Locus

Phenotypic plasticity is an adaptive mechanism adopted by plants in response to environmental heterogeneity. Cultivated and wild species adapt in contrasting environments; however, it is not well understood how genetic changes responsible for phenotypic plasticity were involved in crop evolution. We investigated the genetic control of phenotypic plasticity in Asian cultivated ( Oryza sativa ) and wild rice ( O. rufipogon ) under 5 environmental conditions (2 nutrient and 3 density levels). Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis was conducted for traits affecting plant architecture and biomass production. By analysing the phenotypic means, QTLs of large effects were detected as a cluster on chromosome 7 under all the environmental conditions investigated; this might have contributed to transitions of plant architecture during domestication, as reported previously. Multiple QTLs of plasticity were also found within this QTL cluster, demonstrating that allele-specific environmental sensitivity might control plasticity. Furthermore, QTLs controlling plasticity without affecting phenotypic means were also identified. The mode of action and direction of allele effects of plasticity QTLs varied depending on the traits and environmental signals. These findings confirmed that cultivated and wild rice show distinctive genetic differentiation for phenotypic plasticity, which might have contributed to adaptation under contrasting environmental heterogeneity during the domestication of rice.

scholarly journals Overcoming maladaptive plasticity through plastic compensation

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 526-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R.J. Morris ◽  
Sean M. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Environmental Heterogeneity ◽  
Adaptive Plasticity ◽  
Genetic Changes ◽  
Phenotypic Similarity ◽  
Fluctuating Environments ◽  
Maladaptive Plasticity ◽  
Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Genetic Compensation ◽  
Key Terms

Abstract Most species evolve within fluctuating environments, and have developed adaptations to meet the challenges posed by environmental heterogeneity. One such adaptation is phenotypic plasticity, or the ability of a single genotype to produce multiple environmentally-induced phenotypes. Yet, not all plasticity is adaptive. Despite the renewed interest in adaptive phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for evolution, much less is known about maladaptive plasticity. However, maladaptive plasticity is likely an important driver of phenotypic similarity among populations living in different environments. This paper traces four strategies for overcoming maladaptive plasticity that result in phenotypic similarity, two of which involve genetic changes (standing genetic variation, genetic compensation) and two of which do not (standing epigenetic variation, plastic compensation). Plastic compensation is defined as adaptive plasticity overcoming maladaptive plasticity. In particular, plastic compensation may increase the likelihood of genetic compensation by facilitating population persistence. We provide key terms to disentangle these aspects of phenotypic plasticity and introduce examples to reinforce the potential importance of plastic compensation for understanding evolutionary change.

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