Polyandry: A threat or an opportunity for the sterile insect technique?
Fig 5
Heatmap showing the difference in larval density reduction between the Last and First scenarios, relative to a no-SIT situation (WR), across time (days, horizontal axis) and sterilized male release rates (vertical axis).
Positive values (orange tones) indicate greater reduction in the Last scenario; negative values (blue tones) indicate better performance of the First scenario. Simulations were run over 3000 days under a high-infestation setting (initial conditions: L = 30,000, M = 100,000, FI = 0, ). Parameters as in Table 2.