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Pest population stability under sterile releases
Author(s) -
Barclay Hugh J.
Publication year - 1982
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/bf02515585
Subject(s) - pest analysis , biology , predation , population , stability (learning theory) , ecology , population model , pest control , botany , demography , computer science , sociology , machine learning
Summary The stability of a pest population is one of the critical features to be examined when considering a control strategy for a given pest species. Four models involviing sterile male releases are examined for various stability characteristics; the models examined were: (i) a simple one stage model with no species interactions, (ii) a two life‐stage model, (iii) a model involving two competing species, (iv) a model in which the pest is under predation. Of the four, the simple model was the most stable and the predation model was the least stable under continued sterile releases.