Optimum curve
In biology and related fields, an optimum curve (also known as a tolerance curve or reaction curve) is the graphical representation of survivability, growth rate or the like. of an organism depending on a certain environmental factor such as temperature or humidity . In the case of the optimal value of the environmental factor considered for the organism, the optimal curve has a maximum, and to the left and right of it, as a rule, monotonically falling edges.
The term is also used in other disciplines, for example in agronomy when discussing the crop yield of a field as a function of fertilizer input, or in chemistry when discussing the reaction speed or yield as a function of an experimentally variable parameter.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colin R. Townsend, Michael Begon, John L. Harper, Thomas S. Hoffmeister, Johannes Steidle, Frank Thomas: Ökologie. 1st edition. Springer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-540-00674-5 , p. 99.