Improved spatial ecological sampling using open data and standardization: an example from malaria mosquito surveillance.

ABSTRACT: Vector-borne disease control relies on efficient vector surveillance, mostly carried out using traps whose number and locations are often determined by expert opinion rather than a rigorous quantitative sampling design. In this work we propose a framework for ecological sampling design which in its preliminary stages can take into account environmental conditions obtained from open data (i.e. remote sensing and meteorological stations) not necessarily designed for ecological analysis. These environmental data are used to delimit the area into ecologically homogeneous strata. By employing Bayesian statistics within a model-based sampling design, the traps are deployed among the strata using a mixture of random and grid locations which allows balancing predictions and model-fitting accuracie

SUBMITTER: Sedda L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6505554 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature