Transcript APHID DEMOGRAPHICS RESEARCH PLAN

APHID POPULATION DYNAMICS
Population Growth Rate &
Stable Stage Distribution
Analysis
(Aphids.R)
BUGBOX- Modeling
Population
Parameterized
Matrix Model
Statistics
(Development.R
Fecundity.R)
Simulation
(Aphids.R)
“Clip-cage experiment”:
[Determine stages and
collect data on
development rates,
survival, fecundity]
Population Prediction
(LargeCage.R)
Model Validation
Statistics
(LargeCage.R)
“Large cage experiment”:
[Collect data to determine
population growth rate]
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Population Growth Rate
(from discrete model)
“Feeding experiment”:
[Determine maximum
predation rate]
Analysis
(Aphids.R)
BUGBOX- Modeling
Population
Parameterized
Differential
Equation Model
Statistics
(Predation.R
PredPrey.R)
Simulation
(PredPrey.R)
“Large cage experiment”:
[Collect data to
determine population
growth rate with
predators]
Population Prediction
Model Validation
Statistics