Subject Maximum R2 Adj. R2 F a b c r 0.86 0.80 48.6 -0.78 ± 0.11 0.056 ± 0.007 -0.00084 ± 0.00012 Ro 0.62 0.55 16.6 -308.67 ± 67.40 24.102 ± 4.416 -0.39 ± 0.0704 T ** 0.99 0.97 434.8 107.98 ± 10.66 -6026.46 ± 633.77 107397.49 ± 9150.69 t* 0.93 0.91 128.2 -75.50 ± 7.90 1.197 ± 0.129 1320.19 ± 117.16 In cases without an asterisk (*), equation is of the type y = a + bx + c/x. In the case with an asterisk (*), it’s of the type a + b/x + c/x2, and in the case with a double asterisk (**), it’s of the type a + b/x + c/x2. In all cases df = 2,21, and P < 0.0001. Lack-of-fit P-values for r, Ro, T, and t were 0.47, 0.99, 0.054, and 0.93, respectively.

Table 4: Parameters describing the effects of constant temperatures on L. rufa intrinsic rate of population increase (r), net reproductive rate (Ro), generation time (T), and population doubling time (t).