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Effects of landscape anthropization on mosquito community composition and abundance

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Ferraguti, Martina, Martínez-de la Puente, Josué, Roiz, David, Ruiz, Santiago, Soriguer, Ramón, Figuerola, Jordi·2016·Scientific Reports

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Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen transmission. However, the effects of urbanization on mosquito communities are still only poorly known. Here, we evaluate how land-use characteristics are related to the abundance and community composition of mosquitoes in an area with endemic circulation of numerous mosquito-borne pathogens. We collected 340 829 female mosquitoes belonging to 13 species at 45 localities spatially grouped in 15 trios formed by 1 urban, 1 rural and 1 natural area. Mosquito abundance and species richness were greater in natural and rural areas than in urban areas. Environmental factors including land use, vegetation and hydrological characteristics were related to mosquito abundance and community composition. Given the differing competences of each species in pathogen transmission, these results provide valuable information on the transmission potential of mosquito-borne pathogens that will be of great use in public and animal health management by allowing, for instance, the identification of the priority areas for pathogen surveillance and vector control.

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Authors
Ferraguti, M., Martínez-de la Puente, J., Roiz, D., Ruiz, S., Soriguer, R., & Figuerola, J.
Affiliations
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
Corresponding author
Ferraguti, Martina
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2016-07-04
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
29002-29002
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2462844503
Cited by
273
References
60
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14.88
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • European Commission (261391)
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CGL2006-02247/BOS, CGL2012-30759)
  • Junta de Andalucía (RNM 118, P11‐RNM‐7038)
  • European Regional Development Fund (P11-RNM-7038)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
Keywords
mosquito community composition, mosquito abundance, anthropogenic landscape transformation, urbanization, land use, mosquito-borne pathogens, vector competence, species richness, hydrological characteristics, vegetation, vector control, pathogen surveillance
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Insect Vectors, Culicidae, Spain, Urbanization, Biodiversity, Biota

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