MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STERILE MALE PRINCIPLE
- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 99 (8) , 858-865
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent99858-8
Abstract
A model is presented which describes the effect of sterile male release on a wild population. This model is not subject to restrictions, such as equal competitiveness between normal and sterile males and sperm nor to insect species whose females mate only once. The model is an approximation as it assumes constancy in several dynamic population variables. However, it has application in determining the approximate effects of sterile male release and in decisions on the number of sterile males required for release programs. It also has uses in ecological research.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Sterile-Male Method of Population ControlScience, 1959
- Possibilities of Insect Control or Eradication Through the Use of Sexually Sterile Males1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1955