Mathematical models are a powerful tool when used to describe ectotherms' life cycles,
above all for their suitability in being utilised for decision support systems. In particular, two …

Among the models used to describe insect pest populations, the Distributed Delay Model
has been applied in several case studies in recent years. Its success is due mainly to its …

Many species experience aperiodic mortality. Yet, there is little or no understanding of how
this event affects population dynamics. We have considered one of the most simple class of …

The mathematical description of poikilothermic organisms' life cycle, of insects in particular,
is a widely discussed argument, above all for its application in decision support systems …

The overview on structured population models starts with the presentation of deterministic
models (section 2). On this ground models with physiological variables (section 3) and …

The mathematical description of the dynamics of ectotherm populations has a crucial role in
understanding and forecasting insect pests outbreaks, as well as to support the formulation …

This paper introduces a novel general model based on Ordinary Differential Equations
(ODEs) which is able to describe the population dynamics of a large class of insect pests …

We develop a formalism for insect population dynamics which covers the situation where
maturation from one instar to its successor is triggered by weight gain and not by …

In all organisms, phenotypic variability is an evolutionary stipulation. Because the
development of poikilothermic organisms depends directly on the temperature of their …

The cohort development of poikilotherms under favorable temperature conditions may be
described by the time-invariant distributed delay models that require three parameters, ie the …