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. 2017 Sep 7;428:153–167. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.06.007

Table 1.

Descriptions and values for the model variables and parameters. Details for each parameter value can be found in Appendix 1.

Variable / parameter Description Default value M. persicae M. aeneus F. occidentalis Unit
I0 Initial density of insects each season 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 (insect plant-1)
K Threshold density of the population 20 50 30 10,000,000 (insect plant-1)
β Insect birth rate at low densities 0.1333 0.75 4 0.55 (insect day-1)
η Rate of emergence from overwinter population 0.0 0.1 0.25 0.0 (day-1)
ξ Insecticide decay rate 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (day-1)
RR0 Initial proportion of homozygote resistant individuals 1e-8 1e-8 1e-8 1e-8 (1)
SR0 Initial proportion of heterozygote individuals 1e-4 1e-4 1e-4 1e-4 (1)
II Immigration: untreated to treated population 0.0 0.01 0.01 0.0 (day−1)
ιE Emigration: treated to untreated population 0.0 0.01 0.01 0.0 (day−1)
κ Relative size of the untreated population 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
μE Egg lifespan NA NA 5 6.7 (day)
μL Larvae lifespan 10 7 7 9.8 (day)
μP Pupa lifespan NA NA 12 5.2 (day)
μA Adult lifespan 20 10 12 18.0 (day)
ωE Natural mortality of eggs NA NA 0.01 0.0 (insect day-1)
ωL Natural mortality of larvae 0.0 0.2 0.025 0.0 (insect day-1)
ωP Natural mortality of pupae NA NA 0.01 0.0 (insect day-1)
ωA Natural mortality of adults 0.0 0.2 0.01 0.0 (insect day-1)
tSpray Day on which insecticide is sprayed 50 50 5 50 (day)
a [SS,SR,RR] Intercept of logit-dose lines for each genotype [0.5, −2, −4] [2.5,0.85,−0.5] [12.0,7.95,3.9] [−1.0,−2.5,−6.0]
b [SS,SR,RR] Gradient of logit-dose lines for each genotype [1.5, 1.5, 1.5] [2.0,2.0,2.0] [1.5,1.5,1.5] [2.5,2.5,2.5]
ϕ Dominance of the resistance gene 0.25 0.45 0.5 0.5 (1)
The number of days in a single season 200 100 60 70 (days)