The sum of aquatic habitats and any other place a mosquito might lay eggs, including ovitraps and unsuitable habitats.

compute_Qtot(Q, Q_ovitraps, Q_bad_habitats)

Arguments

Q

the availability of ovitraps

Q_ovitraps

the availability of ovitraps

Q_bad_habitats

the availability of unsuitable habitats

Value

a vector of describing habitat availability, \(Q\), of length nPatches

Details

The availability of the habitats that we have defined in the model, denoted \(Q\), sums search weights, \(\omega_h\), by patch using the habitat membership matrix, \(\cal N\), and we can compute $$Q = {\cal N} \cdot \omega_h.$$ If some ovitraps and bad_habitats are also available, with values \(Q_o\) and \(Q_b\) respectively, then $$Q = Q_h + Q_o + Q_b.$$ The availability of habitats, ovitraps and bad_habitats are computed elsewhere and stored on pars$vars.

See also

This function is called by make_Q

create_habitat_matrix discusses \(\cal N\)

The availability of ovitraps and bad habitats is setup in setup_EGG_LAYING