Many biologists are calling for an'extended evolutionary synthesis' that would'modernize the
modern synthesis' of evolution. Biological information is typically considered as being …

▪ Abstract Host plant quality is a key determinant of the fecundity of herbivorous insects.
Components of host plant quality (such as carbon, nitrogen, and defensive metabolites) …

Phenotypic plasticity–the ability of an individual organism to alter its features in direct
response to a change in its environment–is ubiquitous. Understanding how and why this …

Recently, the adaptive significance of maternal effects has been increasingly recognized. No
longer are maternal effects relegated as simpletroublesome sources of environmental …

Transgenerational plasticity (TGP) occurs when the environment experienced by a parent
influences the development of their offspring. In this article, we develop a framework for …

Understanding the capacity of species to acclimate and adapt to expected temperature
increases is critical for making predictions about the biological impacts of global warming …

Plants respond to environmental conditions not only by plastic changes to their own
development and physiology, but also by altering the phenotypes expressed by their …

There is now mounting evidence that heritable variation in ecologically relevant traits can be
generated through a suite of epigenetic mechanisms, even in the absence of genetic …

Maternal effects have become an important field of study in evolutionary ecology and there
is an ongoing debate regarding their adaptive significance. Some maternal effects can act to …

Rapidly accumulating evidence shows that herbivore and pathogen attack of plants can
generate particular defense phenotypes across generations. What was once thought to be …