Beyond average: An experimental test of temperature variability on the population dynamics of Tribolium confusum

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Estay, Sergio A ^a   Clavijo Baquet, Sabrina ^a   Lima, Mauricio ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allocation principle; Jensen's inequality; Population growth rate; Population variability; Thermal variability

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOENERGETICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ECTOTHERMY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 78650310250     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0216-7     Document Type: Article

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