Evolutionary ecology: old ideas percolate into ecology.
A novel model derived from percolation theory suggests that phase polyphenism may have initially evolved in locusts as a behavioural strategy to reduce the connectivity between patches of vulnerable prey, so reducing predation risk.
Wilson
Kenneth
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Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA2 8NF, UK. ken.wilson@lancaster.ac.uk
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004463:Ecology / Q000639:trends*; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010641:Phenotype; D011156:Population Density