This function initializes generic methods for M-BITES models; please note that the switches for this function modify only the methods that are added to the MicroMosquitoFemale and MicroMosquitoMale classes. Different genotypes still depend on the internal list of parameters to parameterize these functions and functional forms for equations.

init.mbitesEnergetics(SUGAR = TRUE, OVERFEED = TRUE, REFEED = TRUE,
  batchSize = "bms", eggMatT = "off", reFeedType = "pr")

Arguments

batchSize

character switch that should be one of "bms","norm" for egg batch sizes dependent on bloodmeal size or normally distributed

eggMatT

character switch that should be one of "off","norm" for egg batch maturation time turned off or normally distributed

reFeedType

character switch that should be one of "pr","egg" for refeeding as probability based on size of bloodmeal or based on egg batch size.

Value

modifies the MicroMosquitoFemale and MicroMosquitoMale classes.