Measurement error in heat tolerance assays

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 432-437

  Castañeda, Luis E ^a,b   Calabria, Gemma ^c   Betancourt, Luz A ^a   Rezende, Enrico L ^a   Santos, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concordance correlation coefficient; Intraclass correlation; Measurement error; Measurement reliability; Thermal limits; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; HEAT TOLERANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

EID: 84860565576     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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