Interactive effects of climate, land use and soil type on Culex pipiens/torrentium abundance.

ABSTRACT: The incidence and risk of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in Northwestern Europe has increased over the last few decades. Understanding the underlying environmental drivers of mosquito population dynamics helps to adequately assess mosquito-borne disease risk. While previous studies have focussed primarily on the effects of climatic conditions (i.e., temperature and precipitation) and/or local environmental conditions individually, it remains unclear how climatic conditions interact with local environmental factors such as land use and soil type, and how these subsequently affect mosquito abundance. Here, we set out to study the interactive effects of land use, soil type and climatic conditions on the abundance of Culex pipiens/torrentium, highly abundant vectors of West Nile virus

SUBMITTER: Krol L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10320611 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature