Open AccessMeasuring the cost of plasticity: a problem of statistical non-independence
Author(s) -
Derek A. Roff
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.342
H-Index - 253
eISSN - 1471-2954
pISSN - 0962-8452
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.2011.0595
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , plasticity , econometrics , psychology , computer science , statistics , economics , mathematics , physics , thermodynamics
Costs of plasticity are generally measured by the absolute difference between trait values in two or more environments, and both trait value and plasticity costs are correlated with fitness using multiple regression [[1][1]]. A recent paper [[2][2]] discussed the consequences of a correlation
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