This thesis treats mathematical models for host-parasitoid interactions. It is composed of three parts. In the first part, a class of such models is analyzed theoretically. It focuses on the phenomena of multiple coexistence equilibria of competing parasitoid species. The second part is about a model for determining how a parasitoid release should be timed to optimally control the invasive fruit fly Drosophila suzukii. The third part analyzes an experiment for releasing parasitoids in a greenhouse which is infested by D.suzukii. The models presented are used to discuss how to improve such biological control strategies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unitn.it/oai:iris.unitn.it:11572/369316 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Pfab, Ferdinand |
| Contributors | Pfab, Ferdinand, Pugliese, Andrea |
| Publisher | Università degli studi di Trento, place:TRENTO |
| Source Sets | Università di Trento |
| Language | Italian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
| Relation | firstpage:1, lastpage:86, numberofpages:86 |
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