Table 2.
Intercept ± s.e. | Slope ± s.e. | Temperature (°C) | Duration of development | |||||
Species | (1/d ×10–3) | (1/°Cd ×10–3) | r 2 | n* | P* | Base | Optimum | (TT, °Cd) |
L. fendleri | 8·6 ± 1·00 | 1·9 ± 0·06 | 0·952 | 10 | <0·001 | 4·6 | ∼20·0 | 536·6 |
L. mendocina | 1·8 ± 0·93 | 0·6 ± 0·06 | 0·782 | † | <0·001 | –2·9 | ∼20·0 | 1566·0 |
Durations in thermal time were calculated as the reciprocal of the slopes.
* n is the sample size; P is the linear regression probability level.
† for 9 °C, n = 10; for 12 and 20 °C, n = 8; for 16 °C, n = 6.