Modeling the effects of Aedes aegypti’s larval environment on adult body mass at emergence
Fig 3
Fitting results for compartment versions, C1-C3.
(A) Data and model output in the high density (top row) and low density (bottom row) treatments. The results are split by sex: males (left column) and females (right column). Each panel shows the number of adults that emerged on a given day. The gray lines each represent an individual experimental replicate. For the model, the only difference between low and high density treatments is that the initial values are different. The best fit for: C1, the base model with only one compartment per biological stage (dashed dotted green line); C2, including a second compartment for pupae (dashed maroon line); and C3, including second compartments for both pupae and L4 (solid blue line). (B) Model output in version C3, where both L4 and pupae have two compartments, in high density (top row) or low density (bottom row) treatments. From left to right, the panels show: combined L1 and L2 stages; L3 stage; L4 stage; pupae; emerging males; and emerging females. Each gray line is an experimental replicate.