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A Simple Device for Producing Harmonic Temperature Fluctuations1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Gary B. Pitman  and
Roger B. Ryan
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Most laboratory studies of insect development have been conducted under constant temperature conditions. Since constant temperatures are rarely encountered under natural conditions, results of such studies are limited in their application. It is desirable to compare the effects of fluctuating temperatures and constant temperatures on insect development. For this purpose, control devices which produce regular alternations of periodic constant temperatures or continuously varying temperatures of a predictable nature are needed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 94 , Issue 9 , September 1962 , pp. 1002 - 1005
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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