A Spatial Model of Mosquito Host-Seeking Behavior
Figure 7
The proportion of mosquitoes finding a host as a function of host density.
The simulation results are given by the solid markers with one standard deviation (UW = upwind, DW = downwind, CW = crosswind). The lines are linear fits to the data using the formula
, where
is a free parameter and
is the length of a side of the square host patch divided by the length of a side of the simulation region. As
increases, the hosts spread out (i.e., decrease in density) and the number of mosquitoes locating a host increases. The
is
labeled as a percentage.