devRateMap function

Predict development rate from a matrix of temperatures

Create a map from a temperature matrix and a development rate curve

devRateMap(nlsDR, tempMap)

Arguments

• nlsDR: The result returned by the devRateModel function.
• tempMap: A matrix containing temperatures in degrees.

Returns

A matrix with development rates predicted from the model.

Details

The devRateMap function is designed for a single ectotherm life stage, but the resulted matrix of development rate can be performed for each life stage in order to obtain the whole organism development. Input temperatures should preferably cover the organism development period rather than the whole year.

Examples

myT <- 5:15
myDev <- -0.05 + rnorm(n = length(myT), mean = myT, sd = 1) * 0.01
myNLS <- devRateModel(eq = campbell_74, temp = myT, devRate = myDev,
  startValues = list(aa = 0, bb = 0))
myMap <- devRateMap(nlsDR =  myNLS, tempMap = matrix(rnorm(100, mean = 12, sd = 2), ncol=10))