% This file gives census data for Tribolium % castaneum colonies studied by % % Robert A. Desharnais and Laifu Liu, % "Stable demographic limit cycles in laboratory % populations of Tribolium castaneum," % Journal of Animal Ecology 56, No. 3, 1987, 885-906. % % They observed four colonies (a, b, c, and d) for % 266 days, making observations every 14 days. % % The first column is the day on which obervations % were made. % % The columns labeled "A" give the number of adults. % The columns labeled "P" give the number of pupae. % The columns labeled "L" give the number of larvae. % % D Aa Ab Ac Ad Pa Pb Pc Pd La Lb Lc Ld Data = [ 0 64 64 64 64 35 35 35 35 70 70 70 70 14 78 88 77 86 4 4 12 12 263 198 176 249 28 78 84 79 80 109 77 71 100 75 75 87 28 42 77 80 76 88 28 18 44 18 125 111 96 181 56 61 69 61 80 77 40 31 61 203 226 180 173 70 85 77 46 75 71 67 72 47 57 31 13 76 84 102 98 72 76 36 11 7 36 182 246 222 254 98 104 88 69 77 136 127 132 119 27 48 125 29 112 120 100 105 110 35 8 59 27 265 302 146 286 126 122 90 106 106 76 154 125 62 32 35 101 8 140 132 120 99 108 28 20 49 5 309 213 124 411 154 120 107 96 99 252 156 82 232 8 109 156 28 168 113 115 98 120 5 48 87 6 360 178 69 308 182 97 119 95 93 236 141 38 193 24 171 164 52 196 136 121 94 132 20 73 99 12 357 59 80 213 210 122 127 108 115 176 75 47 130 13 299 187 114 224 117 117 98 134 7 114 107 52 373 9 69 92 238 105 121 106 117 189 54 38 81 14 419 293 217 252 120 113 88 134 12 157 121 73 404 3 42 75 266 99 125 106 139 226 9 22 63 2 351 215 164 ]; % Here are the parameters obtained by Robert A. Desharnais and Laifu Liu % using least squares, minimizing the difference in the % log of the observed population and the log of the predicted population. % % The columns of the matrix param_dl correspond to % each of the four colonies, and the combined colony. % % The rows of the matrix param_dl are: % c_el, c_ea, c_pa, b, mu_L, and mu_A. % % a b c d param_dl = [ .0098 .0105 .0080 .0080 .0175 .0087 .0044 .0068 .0198 .0174 .0180 .0162 23.3688 11.2483 5.3422 7.2024 .4726 .5014 .5082 .5646 .0934 .0930 .1468 .1099 ];