Plasticity in life-history traits.

@article{Nylin1998PlasticityIL,
  title={Plasticity in life-history traits.},
  author={S{\"o}ren Nylin and Karl Gotthard},
  journal={Annual review of entomology},
  year={1998},
  volume={43},
  pages={
          63-83
        }
}
We describe the impact of recent life-history plasticity theory on insect studies, particularly on the interface between genetics and plasticity. We focus on the three-dimensional relationship between three key life-history traits: adult size (or mass), development time and growth rate, and the connections to life cycle regulation, host plant choice, and sexual selection in seasonal environments. The review covers fitness consequences of variation in size, development time and growth rate, and… 
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