The reaction-types of the ecotypes called forth by the modificatory influences of extreme habitat factors may appropriately be termed ecophenes. […]The term ecophene is proposed to cover each of the reaction-types of the ecotypes arising through the modificatory influences of the combinations of extreme habitat factors given in nature.
- ecological inheritance
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- ecological valence
- ecology
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- ecomorphology
- economy of nature
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ecopheneÖkophän (ger.)
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The range of phenotypes produced by a single genotype, as found in populations of an organism across its natural range of habitats. Also: any of the range of such phenotypes specific to a given habitat. (OED 2012)
- 1922
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Turesson, G. (1922). The genotypical response of the plant species to the habitat. Hereditas 3, 211-350: 346; 347.
- 1982
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ecophene All the naturally occurring phenotypes produced within a given habitat by a single genotype; ecad; oecophene.
Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 75.