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Impact of lek mating on the sterile insect technique: A modeling study
Author(s) -
Horng ShwuBin,
Plant Richard E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02513522
Subject(s) - biology , sterile insect technique , mating , lek mating , population , mating system , insect , poisson distribution , ecology , zoology , mate choice , demography , pest analysis , statistics , botany , mathematics , sociology
Summary Modelling studies are presented which describe the effect of lek mating on the control of a wild population by sterile male release. The mixed leks are assumed to follow a Poisson‐binomial distribution and the system includes three parts: territory defense, matings inside a lek and matings outside a lek. The effects of parameters on the hatchability are discussed. Among the parameters, sterile type effect ( W s ), female choice ( f s ) and mating competitiveness ( C m ) are the most important. The application to determining the effects of sterile male release and on the proportion of sterile males required for eradication are also discussed.