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. 2018 May 31;15(6):1128. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061128

Table 2.

Parameter notation, biological meaning and values used in the extended model.

Parameter Biological Meaning Values 1
σ Diapause 1 in Mar. 15 to Oct. 25; 0 otherwise ([31])
nE Eggs per gonotrophic cycle (per female) Temperature dependent
fag 1/duration for gonotrophic cycle (per day) Temperature dependent
fE Egg development rate Temperature and precipitation dependent
fL Larva development rate Temperature and precipitation dependent
fP Development rate of pupae to emerging adults Temperature dependent
μE Egg mortality rate 0.05 ([47])
μL Mortality for larva Temperature and density dependent
μP Mortality for pupa Temperature dependent
μA Mortality rate during adult emergence 0.1 ([47])
μV Mortality rate of adult mosquitoes Temperature dependent
ξ Sex ratio of Aedes albopictus at emergence 0.5 ([61])
γA Development rate of emerging adults (day1) 0.4 ([47])
KL Carrying capacity of mosquito larvae population Precipitation and environment dependent
KP Carrying capacity of mosquito pupae population Precipitation and environment dependent
πmax Maximum carrying capacity for immature mosquitoes Environment and density dependent
NV Total population of adult female mosquitoes NV=SV+EV+IV

1 The details for the climate- and/or environment-dependent functions are shown in Appendix B.