dolbear: Dolbear's law

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Dolbear's law

Description

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dolbear1897;textualsonicscrewdriver was the first to publish a formula for how the rate of chirping of crickets varies with temperature, using the tree cricket Oecanthus fultoni.

Usage

dolbear(n = NULL, t = NULL, species = "Oecanthus fultoni")

Arguments

n	Chirps per minute
t	Temperature in Celsius
species	Species to use (by default Oecanthus fultoni), NULL to calculate for all species.

Details

Subsequent research by Dolbear and others have published additional formulae for other species: Oecanthus fultoni \insertCitefulton1925sonicscrewdriver, Oecanthus rileyi \insertCitewalker1962sonicscrewdriver, Oecanthus alexanderi \insertCitewalker2010sonicscrewdriver, and Oecanthus allardi \insertCiteallard1957sonicscrewdriver.

Value

Data frame with t and n calculated for matching species.

References

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Examples

dolbear(n=6)
dolbear(t=25)

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