Temperature treatments for growth experiments.

Temperature treatments (°C) used in growth experiments. Temperatures for each experiment were based on those recorded by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology between 1981 and 2010 at the following weather stations: Wagga Wagga AMO for the Riverina region (35.16°S, 147.46°E), Kingaroy airport for the Tarong region (26.57°S, 151.84°E) and Townsville aero for the Townsville region (19.25°S, 146.77°E). Treatments for the constant temperature experiment correspond to the mean annual 3pm temperature in each location. Treatments for the summer variable temperature experiment correspond to the minimum and maximum mean temperatures recorded in January for each location. Treatments for the winter variable temperature experiment correspond to the minimum and maximum mean temperatures recorded in July for each location. Average daily values for each temperature profile in the variable temperature experiments are given. See methods and Figures 1B and 2B for more detail on the variable temperature treatments.