Constitutive differences between natural and artificial container mosquito habitats: vector communities, resources, microorganisms, and habitat parameters

DA Yee, D Allgood, JM Kneitel… - Journal of Medical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aquatic containers, including tree holes and vehicle tires, harbor a diverse assemblage of
mosquitoes capable of vectoring important diseases. Many studies have examined …

Mosquito larvae in tires from Mississippi, United States: the efficacy of abiotic and biotic parameters in predicting spatial and temporal patterns of mosquito populations …

DA Yee, AA Abuzeineh, NF Ezeakacha… - Journal of medical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Container systems, including discarded vehicle tires, which support populations of
mosquitoes, have been of interest for understanding the variables that produce biting adults …

Environmental correlates of abundances of mosquito species and stages in discarded vehicle tires

DA Yee, JM Kneitel, SA Juliano - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Discarded vehicle tires are a common habitat for container mosquito larvae, although the
environmental factors that may control their presence or abundance within a tire are largely …

Nestedness patterns of container-dwelling mosquitoes: effects of larval habitat within variable terrestrial matrices

DA Yee, SH Yee - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
Distributions of mosquito larvae likely are a consequence of multiple factors, although two
commonly studied factors (quality of the larval environment and the terrestrial matrix in which …

Behavioral differences among four co-occurring species of container mosquito larvae: effects of depth and resource environments

JJ Skiff, DA Yee - Journal of Medical Entomology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Mosquito larvae often exhibit different behaviors depending on the aspects of the aquatic
environment, including the presence of different physical factors and detrital food sources …

Socioeconomic status affects mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitat type availability and infestation level

Z Dowling, SL Ladeau, P Armbruster… - Journal of Medical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mosquito populations are largely regulated by processes occurring at the larval stage. We
sampled mosquito larval microhabitats (mostly water-holding containers) in six …

What environmental factors are important determinants of structure, species richness, and abundance of mosquito assemblages?

MA Beketov, YA Yurchenko… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Despite numerous ecological studies with mosquitoes, it remains unclear what
environmental factors are the most important determinants of structure, species richness …

Artificial container‐breeding mosquitoes and cemeteries: a perfect match

D Vezzani - Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial container‐breeding mosquitoes, such as Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, and Culex
pipiens, are well‐recognized vectors of diseases throughout the world. Cemeteries are …

Bacterial communities and midgut microbiota associated with mosquito populations from waste tires in East-Central Illinois

CH Kim, RL Lampman, EJ Muturi - Journal of medical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Mosquito–microbe interactions tend to influence larval nutrition, immunity, and development,
as well as fitness and vectorial capacity of adults. Understanding the role of different …

Interspecific and intraspecific differences in foraging preferences of container-dwelling mosquitoes

B Kesavaraju, DA Yee, SA Juliano - Journal of Medical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Feeding preferences of larval container-dwelling mosquitoes are not well understood.
Primary production is often absent in container systems and external inputs of animal and …