Impact of inter‐ and intra‐specific competition among larvae on larval, adult, and life‐table traits of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus females

BH Noden, PA O'NEAL, JE Fader… - Ecological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
1. Few studies have taken a comprehensive approach of measuring the impact of inter‐and
intra‐specific larval competition on adult mosquito traits. In this study, the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] How do trait-mediated non-lethal effects of predation affect population-level performance of mosquitoes?

K Chandrasegaran, SA Juliano - Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Non-lethal, trait-mediated effects of predation impact prey behavior and life-history traits.
Studying how these effects in turn influence prey demography is crucial to understand prey …

Effects of intraspecific larval competition on adult longevity in the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

MH Reiskind, LP Lounibos - Medical and veterinary …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Larval competition is common in container‐breeding mosquitoes. The impact of competition
on larval growth has been thoroughly examined and findings that larval competition can …

Interpopulation variations in life history traits and reproductive tactics in Aedes aegypti: A test on populations 50 km apart

LJ Bong, WC Tu, KB Neoh - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
The interpopulation variation in life history traits of a species reflects evolutionary adaptation
in response to a local environment regime. We examined the life history traits of Aedes …

Intraspecific competition amongst larval Aedes aegypti: food exploitation or chemical interference?

C Dye - Ecological Entomology, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
1. Competition within and between the larval instars of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes
aegypti, can be measured by its effect on stage duration. In a series of laboratory …

Interspecific Larval Competition Between Invasive Aedes japonicus and Native Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Adult Longevity

BW Alto - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The Asian rock pool mosquito Aedes japonicus (Theobald) inhabits natural and artificial
container habitats, some of which are occupied by the native treehole mosquito Aedes …

Condition‐specific competition in container mosquitoes: the role of noncompeting life‐history stages

KS Costanzo, B Kesavaraju, SA Juliano - Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Condition‐specific competition, wherein competitive superiority varies with the abiotic
environment, can determine species' distributions in a spatially heterogeneous environment …

Relationship Between Pupal Mass and Adult Survivorship and Fecundity for Aedes aegypti

K Steinwascher - Environmental Entomology, 1982 - academic.oup.com
Pupal mass is significantly correlated with the fecundity of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera:
Culicidae); larger females mature more eggs than smaller females. Large pupal mass …

Larval competition in Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae): effects of density on size, growth, sex ratio, and survival.

F Mahmood, WJ Crans, NS Savur - … of Vector Ecology: Journal of the …, 1997 - europepmc.org
We assessed the effect of increased larval density on selected life table attributes of larval
Aedes triseriatus. Larvae were reared at densities of 0.125, 0.250, and 0.375 larvae/cm3 of …

The effect of inbreeding and larval feeding regime on immature development of Aedes albopictus

ZW Jong, NFA Kassim, MA Naziri… - Journal of Vector …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The fundamental approach to the biological control of Aedes albopictus requires the mass
rearing of mosquitoes and the release of highly competitive adults in the field. As the fitness …