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
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versión publicada
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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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Entomology
Life Tables
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
title Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
spellingShingle Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
Rossini, Luca
Entomology
Life Tables
title_short Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
title_full Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
title_fullStr Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
title_full_unstemmed Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
title_sort Life tables in entomology: A discussion on tables’ parameters and the importance of raw data
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rossini, Luca
Contarini, Mario
Speranza, Stefano
Mermer, Serhan
Walton, Vaughn
Francis, Frédéric
Garone, Emanuele
author Rossini, Luca
author_facet Rossini, Luca
Contarini, Mario
Speranza, Stefano
Mermer, Serhan
Walton, Vaughn
Francis, Frédéric
Garone, Emanuele
author_role author
author2 Contarini, Mario
Speranza, Stefano
Mermer, Serhan
Walton, Vaughn
Francis, Frédéric
Garone, Emanuele
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Entomology
Life Tables
topic Entomology
Life Tables
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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
description 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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