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. 2017 Jan 25;7(4):1233–1249. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2724

Table 3.

Development duration and population parameters of Tetranychus cinnabarinus and Tetranychus urticae at different temperatures

Temperature (°C) Mite Development duration (mean ± SE, days) Population parameter Relative fitness R f
R 0 r m T t
16 Tc‐YN 36.0 ± 1.2 35.56 0.08 46.76 9.08
Tu‐YN 31.5 ± 0.5a 51.35 0.09 43.13 7.59 1.44
26 Tc‐YN 11.1 ± 0.1 155.83 0.22 22.53 3.09
Tu‐YN 10.2 ± 0.1a 140.47 0.24 20.29 2.84 0.90
33 Tc‐YN 6.0 ± 0.1 104.73 0.39 11.95 1.78
Tu‐YN 6.4 ± 0.1a 58.00 0.37 11.02 1.88 0.55

R 0, Net reproduction rate; r m, Intrinsic rate of increase; T, Mean generation length (days); t, Population doubling time (days).

a

The data within a column under the same temperature condition are significantly different (p < .05).