… of insects, for insect ecology and pest management, this article reviews representative
temperature-driven models, heat accumulation systems and statistical model evaluation criteria, in …

… We present guidelines for model selection using statistical criteria and the assessment of …
unequally distributed within the range of the critical thermal thresholds. To generate this …

… development) and test model predictions with data for insects. … mechanisms that drive the
temperature response of fitness. … Note that all analyses require temperatures to be in degrees …

… Thermal performance curves (TPCs) have traditionally been … model of individual-based,
temperature-driven development for … to simulate one year of larval development in the wild, to …

… developmental thresholds and the thermal requirements to … how insect developmental responds
to temperature via two traits: … Seasonal environmental variability can drive the magnitude …

… insects in Africa; and then, iii) we validate our model against … fast-developing species (total
degree-day units required to … The model was driven initially with temperature constraints …

… thermal window in insects, measured as the range between the minimum and maximum
temperatures within which development is … -2 model, this indicator was not required for practical …

… models for insect pests often rely on knowledge of thermal reaction … Temperature-dependent
development in insects is often … control measures require precise phenological models. …

… about the connections between microclimate, ecophysiology and vital rates. These …
required inputs for the model. For example, the thermal response of insect eggs to temperature …

… models which explain the relationship between temperature and development rate of insects.
In … static thermal environment on Heliothis zea egg development rates. Environ. Entomol. …