Eutrophication governs predator-prey interactions and temperature effects in Aedes aegypti populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mosquito population dynamics are driven by large-scale (e.g. climatological) and small-scale (e.g. ecological) factors. While these factors are known to independently influence mosquito populations, it remains uncertain how drivers that simultaneously operate under natural conditions interact to influence mosquito populations. We, therefore, developed a well-controlled outdoor experiment to assess the interactive effects of two ecological drivers, predation and nutrient availability, on mosquito life history traits under multiple temperature regimes.

Methods

We conducted a temperature-controlled mesocosm experiment in Kruger National Park, South Africa, with the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. We investigated how larval survival, emergence and development ra

SUBMITTER: Krol L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480876 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature