mortality_rate: mortality_rate

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References

Description

Calculate daily mortality rates for Aedes in function to the stage considered.

Usage

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mortality_rate(tair = 24, twater = 24, urel = 60, stage = "Eggs",
  air_dryness = FALSE)

Arguments

tair

numeric: Temperature in Celsius Degree of (I) air: for "Adult" stage - (II) for "Diapausant Eggs" the Minimal winter seasonal temperature .

twater

numeric: Water Temperature in Celsius degree.

urel

numeric: Relative humidity in % ( 0-100).

stage

char string: Name of stage ( Diapausant Eggs - Eggs - Larval - Pupae - Adult). Default is "Eggs".

air_dryness

logical: if the saturation deficit of air is taken into account as supplementary agent for adult mortality.

Value

m_rate numeric: daily mortality rate for the stage.

Author(s)

Istituto di Biometeorologia Firenze Italy Alfonso crisci a.crisci@ibimet.cnr.it ASL 2 LUCCA Marco Selmi m.selmi@usl2.toscana.it

References

Poletti et al,2011, Transmission Potential of Chikungunya Virus and Control Measures: The Case of Italy. PLoS ONE 6(5). Magori et al,2009, Skeeter Buster: A Stochastic, Spatially Explicit Modeling Tool for Studying Aedes aegypti Population Replacement and Population Suppression Strategies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3(9). Brady et al,2013, Modelling adult Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus survival at different temperatures in laboratory and field settings. Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:351


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