Thermal Tolerance Data for Six Mealybug Species with ULTs and CTmax

Deric VERSHIYI's dataset measures basal high thermal tolerance for six mealybug species. It includes temperature-time interactions using Upper Lethal Temperatures (ULTs), Critical Thermal Maximum (CTmax), and Heat Knockdown Time (HKDT). The data, last updated in 2026, aims to improve vulnerability assessments by integrating CTmax with environmental temperatures to determine thermal safety margins.

Use Cases

• Modeling species vulnerability to climate change based on thermal safety margins described in the study.
• Comparing heat tolerance across insect species using measured ULTs, CTmax, and HKDT values.
• Calibrating predictive frameworks for species responses to thermal stress as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Includes data for six distinct mealybug species.
• Measures multiple thermal tolerance metrics: ULTs, CTmax, and HKDT.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small at 839.9 KB, indicating a limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Deric VERSHIYI via figshare

Collection Method

Experimental measurement of thermal tolerance parameters.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 19:25:59; freshness should be verified.