Monday, 15 November 2004
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Using bootstrap techniques to model temperature dependent development of Copitarsia decolora

Juli R. Gould, Juli.R.Gould@aphis.usda.gov, USDA-APHIS, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Building 1398, Otis ANGB, MA and Robert C. Venette, University of Minnesota, Entomology, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave, St. Paul, MN.

To account for the variability of insect development times, we used the simulation modeling software @RISK to describe the distribution of developmental times at each temperature. We then use bootstrap techniques to develop distributions of base temperatures and degree-day requirements.


Species 1: Lepidoptera Noctuidae Copitarsia decolora
Keywords: temperature dependent, development

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