… Gavrilets & Scheiner (56) demonstrated the adequacy of this partition when reaction
norms are linear; in the case of nonlinear reaction nomlS, ab is no longer independent of the …

Understanding the relationship between species richness and productivity is fundamental to
the management and preservation of biodiversity. Yet despite years of study and intense …

Phenotypic plasticity is an environmentally based change in the phenotype. Understanding
the evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity has been hampered by dissenting opinions on …

… In chapter 6, David Berrigan and Sam Scheiner provide a comprehensive review of the theory
of plasticity evolution. In chapter 7, Thom DeWitt and Brian Langerhans look in more depth …

… SMS thanks Judy Scheiner for all of her patience and forbearance during the production
of this book. JG extends many thanks to Todd Postol for being in her corner all of these years. …

Ecological questions very often concern how multiple components might respond to some
change in the environment or might differ among groups. We are often most interested in the …

… This manuscript is based on work done by SM Scheiner while serving at the National
Science Foundation. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the …

Interactions reen plants are the foundation of almost all terrestrial food webs. All animals (including
humans, of course) ultimately depend on plants for their existence. Yet casual …

Macroecological studies infer ecological processes based on observed patterns. An often
used measure of pattern is the species‐area curve. Insufficient attention has been paid to the …

… We make a correction here to the definitions provided by Scheiner and Goodnight (1984).
For the case of plasticity measured in a half-sib mating design a factor of 2 was left out of the …