Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an individual genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental variability. Since plasticity is a property of the individual, it represents a mechanism that will enable organisms to maximize fitness and survival in response to rapid environmental changes, crucial to understanding the mechanisms that underpin changes in distribution range and local extinction. Investigations into plasticity have been conducted through multiple taxonomic, organizational, and environmental levels. While the ecological relevance of phenotypic plasticity is evident, its potential for evolutionary adaptation to novel environments is still debatable. Expanding knowledge about phenotypic plasticity and systematization of available information is indispensable to highlight its ecological and evolutionary relevance as a response mechanism to climate change, which is already having profound impacts on biodiversity
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of phenotypic plastic responses is crucial for understanding the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. This Research Topic aims to provide an overview of the main topics in the phenotypic plasticity agenda. By bringing ecological, evolutionary, physiological, and molecular perspectives together, we hope to provide clear evidence of plasticity relevance in the context of climate change.
In this Research Topic, we welcome original research that takes a multiscale approach on phenotypic plasticity, going from the individual to the population and covering a range of different disciplines (e.g., ecophysiology, quantitative genetics, genetics, epigenetics, life history, etc.).
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Molecular basis of plastic response, from genomics to physiology approach
• Integrative approaches of phenotypic plasticity, which explicitly consider the combination of two or more traits, links with trade-offs and genetic constraints
• Quantification of phenotypic response to climate change and anthropogenic threats across spatial natural or controlled) and/or temporal gradients
• Phenotypic plasticity studies which emphasize the dynamics models under different climate change scenarios
• Systematic review and meta-analysis on adaptation and phenotypic plasticity to
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an individual genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental variability. Since plasticity is a property of the individual, it represents a mechanism that will enable organisms to maximize fitness and survival in response to rapid environmental changes, crucial to understanding the mechanisms that underpin changes in distribution range and local extinction. Investigations into plasticity have been conducted through multiple taxonomic, organizational, and environmental levels. While the ecological relevance of phenotypic plasticity is evident, its potential for evolutionary adaptation to novel environments is still debatable. Expanding knowledge about phenotypic plasticity and systematization of available information is indispensable to highlight its ecological and evolutionary relevance as a response mechanism to climate change, which is already having profound impacts on biodiversity
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences of phenotypic plastic responses is crucial for understanding the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. This Research Topic aims to provide an overview of the main topics in the phenotypic plasticity agenda. By bringing ecological, evolutionary, physiological, and molecular perspectives together, we hope to provide clear evidence of plasticity relevance in the context of climate change.
In this Research Topic, we welcome original research that takes a multiscale approach on phenotypic plasticity, going from the individual to the population and covering a range of different disciplines (e.g., ecophysiology, quantitative genetics, genetics, epigenetics, life history, etc.).
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Molecular basis of plastic response, from genomics to physiology approach
• Integrative approaches of phenotypic plasticity, which explicitly consider the combination of two or more traits, links with trade-offs and genetic constraints
• Quantification of phenotypic response to climate change and anthropogenic threats across spatial natural or controlled) and/or temporal gradients
• Phenotypic plasticity studies which emphasize the dynamics models under different climate change scenarios
• Systematic review and meta-analysis on adaptation and phenotypic plasticity to
