. 2010 Aug 3;4(8):e777. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000777

Table 1. Parameters of the spatially explicit modelling, hypotheses to be tested and parameter values used in the analysis.

Parameter description	Hypotheses	Parameter values
Survival in the domestic habitat (S_d)	None	]0,1[
Survival in the peridomestic habitat (S_p)	None	]0,1[
Number of individuals joining the pool of dispersers from colonies of the peridomestic habitat (K_p)	(i) forest and peridomestic origin	]0,1000]
	(ii) only forest	0
	(iii) peridomestic only	]0,1000]
Number of individuals joining the pool of dispersers from colonies of the sylvatic habitat (K_s)	(i) general	]0,1000]
	(ii) only forest	]0,1000]
	(iii) peridomestic only	0
Departure probability from the domestic habitat (d_d)	(j) independent	[0,1]
	(jj) equal	d_d = d_p ∈ [0,1]
Departure probability from the peridomestic habitat (d_p)	(j) independent	[0,1]
	(jj) equal	d_d = d_p ∈ [0,1]
Mode of the distribution of dispersal distances (D)	(k) modal distribution	]0–500]
	(kk) centred distribution	0
SD of the distribution of dispersal distances (σ)	None	]0–500]
Attraction to the houses (H)	(l) attraction by houses	]1–200]
	(ll) no attraction by houses	1

Parameter values are given for a 15 days period, which corresponds to the time step of the models. Parameters were allowed to vary in the indicated range of values to best fit the data with each of the 6 nested models defined with respect to hypotheses i-ii-iii, j-jj, k-kk, l-ll (as described in section ‘Hypotheses on the origin and dispersal patterns of triatomines’).