Predators can affect individual fitness and population and community processes through
lethal effects (direct consumption or 'density'effects), where prey is consumed, or through …

Aedes japonicus japonicus (Theobald)(Diptera: Culicidae) has recently expanded beyond
its native range of Japan and Korea into large parts of North America and Central Europe …

Conditions experienced during larval development of holometabolous insects can affect
adult traits, but whether differences in the bacterial communities of larval development sites …

Biotic interactions involving mosquito larvae are context dependent, with effects of
interactions on populations altered by ecological conditions. Relative impacts of competition …

Background Mosquito larvae feed on organic detritus from the environment, particularly
microorganisms comprising bacteria, protozoa, and algae as well as crustaceans, plant …

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 …

Dengue, the most important human arboviral disease, is transmitted primarily by Aedes
aegypti and, to a lesser extent, by Aedes albopictus. The current distributions of these …

Background Adult traits of holometabolous insects such as reproduction and survival can be
shaped by conditions experienced during larval development. These “carry-over” effects …

The ultimate stage of the transmission of Dengue Virus (DENV) to man is strongly
dependent on crosstalk between the virus and the immune system of its vector Aedes …

Mosquitoes shift from detritus-feeding larvae to blood-feeding adults that can vector
pathogens to humans and other vertebrates. The sugar and blood meals adults consume …