Predicting reproduction rate of varroa

I. Vetharaniam

Ecological Modelling, 2012, vol. 224, issue 1, 11-17

Abstract: A single equation is derived to predict population–density effects on the reproduction rate of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman. This equation provides a simpler alternative to the approach currently used in the literature, and additionally corrects an anomaly in that approach. The method is then extended to the case of co-existing haplotypes of Varroa. It thus derives an equation used without proof for modelling biocontrol of Varroa, and examines the error caused by an approximation necessary for a closed form solution. Additionally a varroa population model incorporating the derived equation is described.

Keywords: Varroa destructor; Reproduction rate; Modelling; Prediction; Biocontrol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.016

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