期刊
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES
卷 254, 期 -, 页码 6-27出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2014.06.001
关键词
Mathematical model; SIT; RIDL; Pulsed releases; Aedes aegypti; Dynamical systems
资金
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under the grant ENFOLD-ing - Explaining, Modelling, and Forecasting Global Dynamics [EP/H02185X/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H02185X/1, EP/J005207/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J005207/1, EP/H02185X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
We present a simple mathematical model to replicate the key features of the sterile insect technique (SIT) for controlling pest species, with particular reference to the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the main vector of dengue fever. The model differs from the majority of those studied previously in that it is simultaneously spatially explicit and involves pulsed, rather than continuous, sterile insect releases. The spatially uniform equilibria of the model are identified and analysed. Simulations are performed to analyse the impact of varying the number of release sites, the interval between pulsed releases and the overall volume of sterile insect releases on the effectiveness of SIT programmes. Results show that, given a fixed volume of available sterile insects, increasing the number of release sites and the frequency of releases increases the effectiveness of SIT programmes. It is also observed that programmes may become completely ineffective if the interval between pulsed releases is greater that a certain threshold value and that, beyond a certain point, increasing the overall volume of sterile insects released does not improve the effectiveness of SIT. It is also noted that insect dispersal drives a rapid recolonisation of areas in which the species has been eradicated and we argue that understanding the density dependent mortality of released insects is necessary to develop efficient, cost-effective SIT programmes. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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