Bridging landscape ecology and urban science to respond to the rising threat of mosquito-borne diseases

PA Kache, M Santos-Vega, AM Stewart-Ibarra… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The prevalence of diseases borne by mosquitoes, particularly in the genus Aedes, is rising
worldwide. This has been attributed, in part, to the dramatic rates of contemporary …

Simplification of vector communities during suburban succession

MR Spence Beaulieu, K Hopperstad, RR Dunn… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Suburbanization is happening rapidly on a global scale, resulting in changes to the species
assemblages present in previously undeveloped areas of land. Community-level changes …

Socio-Ecological Mechanisms Supporting High Densities of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Baltimore, MD

E Little, D Biehler, PT Leisnham… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Social, ecological, and climatic factors interact creating a heterogeneous matrix that
determines the spatiotemporal distribution of mosquitoes and human risks of exposure to the …

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 …

Human practices promote presence and abundance of disease-transmitting mosquito species

M Schrama, ER Hunting, BR Beechler, MM Guarido… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Humans alter the environment at unprecedented rates through habitat destruction, nutrient
pollution and the application of agrochemicals. This has recently been proposed to act as a …

Mosquitoes in urban green spaces: using an island biogeographic approach to identify drivers of species richness and composition

AR Medeiros-Sousa, A Fernandes, W Ceretti-Junior… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Mosquitoes are well known for their epidemiological importance as vectors of a wide range
of human pathogens. Despite the many studies on medically important species, little is …

Urbanization favors the proliferation of Aedesaegypti and Culexquinquefasciatus in urban areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida

ABB Wilke, C Vasquez, A Carvajal, M Moreno… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Urbanization processes are increasing globally. Anthropogenic alterations in the
environment have profound effects on biodiversity. Decreased biodiversity due to biotic …

Effects of landscape anthropization on mosquito community composition and abundance

M Ferraguti, J Martínez-de La Puente, D Roiz, S Ruiz… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen
transmission. However, the effects of urbanization on mosquito communities are still only …

Implication of human landscape transformation on mosquito populations

M Ferraguti, S Magallanes… - Ecology and Control …, 2022 - wageningenacademic.com
Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen
transmission, especially under the perspective of an increase in their distribution and …

Urban mosquito distributions are modulated by socioeconomic status and environmental traits in the USA

S Yitbarek, K Chen, M Celestin… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of mosquitoes and associated vector diseases (eg, West Nile, dengue, and
Zika viruses) is likely to be a function of environmental conditions in the landscape. Urban …