ecophenotype

a modification of the phenotype of an organism, resulting from environmental influences, that is not heritable. See PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY.

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These elements may represent an ecophenotype, but they may as well represent a transitional form to one of the Protopanderodus species known to succeed P.

Conodont dating of the Middle Ordovician breccia cap-rock limestone on Osmussaar Island, northwestern Estonia/Kesk-Ordoviitsiumi bretsat katva lubjakivikihi dateerimine konodontide abil Osmussaarel Loode-Eestis

alterniflora in C plots ([ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2 OMITTED], top left): the tall form, characteristically an ecophenotype that grows in creek banks (6), proliferated from minimal cover to about 20% cover by 1998.

Interaction of nitrogen supply, sea level rise, and elevation on species form and composition of salt marsh plants

The morphological definition of species differs between "splitters" and "lumpers." The majority of conflicts stem from the morphological plasticity of foraminiferal tests and the lack of clear distinction between ecophenotypes and morphospecies.

Next-generation environmental diversity surveys of foraminifera: preparing the future

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