[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial vegetation and aquatic chemistry influence larval mosquito abundance in catch basins, Chicago, USA

AM Gardner, TK Anderson, GL Hamer, DE Johnson… - Parasites & vectors, 2013 - Springer
Background An important determinant of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission is the
spatial distribution of vectors. The primary vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) in Illinois are …

Impact of dryland salinity on population dynamics of vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Ross River virus in inland areas of southwestern Western Australia

A Jardine, MDA Lindsay, CA Johansen… - Journal of Medical …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Clearing of native vegetation for agriculture since European settlement has left 1.047 million
ha of southwestern Australia affected by a severe form of environmental degradation called …

Seasonal prevalence of adult mosquitoes at Casuarina and Leanyer, Darwin

RC RUSSELL, PI WHELAN - Australian Journal of Ecology, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito populations were sampled fortnightly for 2 years, using EVS solid CO2 baited light
traps, to monitor seasonal activity of females in the vicinity of new urban development at …

Increased container-breeding mosquito risk owing to drought-induced changes in water harvesting and storage in Brisbane, Australia

BJ Trewin, BH Kay, JM Darbro, TP Hurst - International health, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Extended drought conditions in south-east Queensland during the early 2000s
have resulted in a culture of water harvesting and legislated water restrictions. Aedes …

Endogenous and exogenous factors controlling temporal abundance patterns of tropical mosquitoes

GJ Yang, BW Brook, PI Whelan, S Cleland… - Ecological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The growing demand for efficient and effective mosquito control requires a better
understanding of vector population dynamics and how these are modified by endogenous …

Mosquito-borne diseases as a consequence of land use change

DE Norris - EcoHealth, 2004 - Springer
Human modification of the natural environment continues to create habitats in which
mosquitoes, vectors of a wide variety of human and animal pathogens, thrive if unabated …

[HTML][HTML] A tale of two city blocks: differences in immature and adult mosquito abundances between socioeconomically different urban blocks in Baltimore (Maryland …

B Becker, PT Leisnham, SL LaDeau - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Infrastructure degradation in many post-industrial cities has increased the availability of
potential mosquito habitats, including container habitats that support infestations of invasive …

[HTML][HTML] Examining landscape factors influencing relative distribution of mosquito genera and frequency of virus infection

S Junglen, A Kurth, H Kuehl, PL Quan, H Ellerbrok… - Ecohealth, 2009 - Springer
Mosquito-borne infections cause some of the most debilitating human diseases, including
yellow fever and malaria, yet we lack an understanding of how disease risk scales with …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-species simulation of mosquito disease vector development in temperate Australian tidal wetlands using publicly available data

K Staples, S Richardson, PJ Neville… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, mosquito monitoring and control programs consume large amounts of resources
in the effort to minimise mosquito-borne disease incidence. On-site larval monitoring is …

[HTML][HTML] Relative effects of urbanisation, deforestation, and agricultural development on mosquito communities

A Perrin, F Schaffner, P Christe, O Glaizot - Landscape Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Context Despite numerous studies that showed negative effects of landscape anthropisation
on species abundance and diversity, the relative effects of urbanisation, deforestation, and …