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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 59, 期 3, 页码 843-854出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac023
关键词
urban; biodiversity; arthropod; virus
资金
- National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research Program [DEB-1855277, DEB-1637661]
- National Science Foundation Site REU Program at Cary Institute [DEB-1559769]
Environmental conditions associated with urbanization have significant impacts on the composition and abundance of mosquito assemblages. This study examines how impervious cover and temperature variation affect container-breeding mosquito species in Maryland, USA. The results show that impervious cover and temperature have different effects on mosquito species, with temperature being a positive predictor of larval abundance and pupae occurrence.
Environmental conditions associated with urbanization are likely to influence the composition and abundance of mosquito (Diptera, Culicidae) assemblages through effects on juvenile stages, with important consequences for human disease risk. We present six years (2011-2016) of weekly juvenile mosquito data from distributed standardized ovitraps and evaluate how variation in impervious cover and temperature affect the composition and abundance of container-breeding mosquito species in Maryland, USA. Species richness and evenness were lowest at sites with high impervious cover (>60% in 100-m buffer). However, peak diversity was recorded at sites with intermediate impervious cover (28-35%). Four species were observed at all sites, including two recent invasives (Aedes albopictus Skuse, Ae. japonicus Theobald), an established resident (Culex pipiens L), and one native (Cx. restuans Theobald). All four are viral vectors in zoonotic or human transmission cycles. Temperature was a positive predictor of weekly larval abundance during the growing season for each species, as well as a positive predictor of rapid pupal development. Despite being observed at all sites, each species responded differently to impervious cover. Abundance of Ae. albopictus larvae was positively associated with impervious cover, emphasizing that this medically-important vector not only persists in the warmer, impervious urban landscape but is positively associated with it. Positive temperature effects in our models of larval abundance and pupae occurrence in container habitats suggest that these four vector species are likely to continue to be present and abundant in temperate cities under future temperature scenarios.
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