Testing the rate isomorphy hypothesis using five statistical methods

Insect Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-128

  Kuang, Xian Ju ^a   Parajulee, Megha N ^b   Shi, Pei Jian ^a,c,d   Ge, Feng ^c   Xue, Fang Sen ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Analysis of covariance; Lower developmental threshold; Rate isomorphy; Sum of effective temperatures; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLAPHELLUS BOWRINGI; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855835591     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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