Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4372529 | Ecological Complexity | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Multi-scale studies of phenotype-environment correlations are rare. ⺠We investigate the relationship between cryptic colouration and environmental characteristics in the shore crab at a range of spatial scales. ⺠Phenotype-substrate matching in this species is sampling-scale invariant. ⺠We discuss how overlapping ecological processes (e.g. differential mortality, phenotypic plasticity and adaptation) explain these results.
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Authors
Peter A. Todd, Joelyn Oh, Lynette H.L. Loke, Richard J. Ladle,