Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
- Autores
- Rossini, Luca; Contarini, Mario; Speranza, Stefano; Mermer, Serhan; Walton, Vaughn; Francis, Frédéric; Garone, Emanuele
- Año de publicación
- 2024
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Life tables are one of the most common tools to describe the biology of insect species and their response to environmental conditions. Although the benefits of life tables are beyond question, we raise some doubts about the completeness of the information reported in life tables. To substantiate these doubts, we consider a case study (Corcyra cephalonica) for which the raw dataset is available. The data suggest that the Gaussian approximation of the development times which is implied by the average and standard error usually reported in life tables does not describe reliably the actual distribution of the data which can be mislead- ing and hide interesting biological aspects. Furthermore, it can be risky when life table data are used to build models to predict the demographic changes of the population. The present study highlights this aspect by comparing the impulse response generated by the raw data and by its Gaussian approximation based on the mean and the standard error. The conclu- sions of this paper highlight: i) the importance of adding more information to life tables and, ii) the role of raw data to ensure the completeness of this kind of studies. Given the impor- tance of raw data, we also point out the need for further developments of a standard in the community for sharing and analysing data of life tables experiments.
Fil: Rossini, Luca. Université Libre de Bruxelles; Bélgica
Fil: Contarini, Mario. Università degli Studi della Tuscia; Italia
Fil: Speranza, Stefano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores; Argentina. Università degli Studi della Tuscia; Italia
Fil: Mermer, Serhan. State University of Oregon; Estados Unidos
Fil: Walton, Vaughn. State University of Oregon; Estados Unidos
Fil: Francis, Frédéric. Université de Liège; Bélgica
Fil: Garone, Emanuele. Université Libre de Bruxelles; Bélgica - Materia
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Entomology
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data Rossini, Luca Entomology Life Tables |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data |
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Rossini, Luca Contarini, Mario Speranza, Stefano Mermer, Serhan Walton, Vaughn Francis, Frédéric Garone, Emanuele |
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Rossini, Luca |
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Rossini, Luca Contarini, Mario Speranza, Stefano Mermer, Serhan Walton, Vaughn Francis, Frédéric Garone, Emanuele |
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Contarini, Mario Speranza, Stefano Mermer, Serhan Walton, Vaughn Francis, Frédéric Garone, Emanuele |
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Life tables are one of the most common tools to describe the biology of insect species and their response to environmental conditions. Although the benefits of life tables are beyond question, we raise some doubts about the completeness of the information reported in life tables. To substantiate these doubts, we consider a case study (Corcyra cephalonica) for which the raw dataset is available. The data suggest that the Gaussian approximation of the development times which is implied by the average and standard error usually reported in life tables does not describe reliably the actual distribution of the data which can be mislead- ing and hide interesting biological aspects. Furthermore, it can be risky when life table data are used to build models to predict the demographic changes of the population. The present study highlights this aspect by comparing the impulse response generated by the raw data and by its Gaussian approximation based on the mean and the standard error. The conclu- sions of this paper highlight: i) the importance of adding more information to life tables and, ii) the role of raw data to ensure the completeness of this kind of studies. Given the impor- tance of raw data, we also point out the need for further developments of a standard in the community for sharing and analysing data of life tables experiments. Fil: Rossini, Luca. Université Libre de Bruxelles; Bélgica Fil: Contarini, Mario. Università degli Studi della Tuscia; Italia Fil: Speranza, Stefano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores; Argentina. Università degli Studi della Tuscia; Italia Fil: Mermer, Serhan. State University of Oregon; Estados Unidos Fil: Walton, Vaughn. State University of Oregon; Estados Unidos Fil: Francis, Frédéric. Université de Liège; Bélgica Fil: Garone, Emanuele. Université Libre de Bruxelles; Bélgica |
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Life tables are one of the most common tools to describe the biology of insect species and their response to environmental conditions. Although the benefits of life tables are beyond question, we raise some doubts about the completeness of the information reported in life tables. To substantiate these doubts, we consider a case study (Corcyra cephalonica) for which the raw dataset is available. The data suggest that the Gaussian approximation of the development times which is implied by the average and standard error usually reported in life tables does not describe reliably the actual distribution of the data which can be mislead- ing and hide interesting biological aspects. Furthermore, it can be risky when life table data are used to build models to predict the demographic changes of the population. The present study highlights this aspect by comparing the impulse response generated by the raw data and by its Gaussian approximation based on the mean and the standard error. The conclu- sions of this paper highlight: i) the importance of adding more information to life tables and, ii) the role of raw data to ensure the completeness of this kind of studies. Given the impor- tance of raw data, we also point out the need for further developments of a standard in the community for sharing and analysing data of life tables experiments. |
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