Identification of the area sampled by traps: A modelling study with tsetse.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sampling with traps provides the most common means of investigating the abundance, composition and condition of tsetse populations. It is thus important to know the size of the area from which the samples originate, but that topic is poorly understood.

Methods and principal findings

The topic was clarified with the aid of a simple deterministic model of the mobility, births and deaths of tsetse. The model assessed how the sampled area changed according to variations in the numbers, arrangement and catching efficiency of traps deployed for different periods in a large block of homogeneous habitat subject to different levels of fly mortality. The greatest impacts on the size of the sampled area are produced by the flies' mean daily step length and the duration of tr

SUBMITTER: Vale GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9910695 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature