6. Explaining Phenotypic Diversity: The Conditional Strategy and Threshold Trait Expression
- Leigh W. Simmons2,
- T. James Ridsdill-Smith3
Published Online: 20 APR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444342000.ch6
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles
Additional Information
How to Cite
Tomkins, J. and Hazel, W. (2011) Explaining Phenotypic Diversity: The Conditional Strategy and Threshold Trait Expression, in Ecology and Evolution of Dung Beetles (eds L. W. Simmons and T. J. Ridsdill-Smith), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444342000.ch6
Editor Information
- 2
Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Crawley, Western Australia
- 3
School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Crawley, Western Australia
Publication History
- Published Online: 20 APR 2011
- Published Print: 8 APR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444333152
Online ISBN: 9781444342000
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- Poecilia reticulata;
- environmental threshold model (ET);
- Phaneaus triangularis;
- O. acuminatus;
- ‘Curve fit’;
- Phenotype frequency and the distribution of cues
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
The environmental threshold model
Applying the threshold model
Future directions