Population of the temperate mosquito, Culex pipiens, decreases in response to habitat climatological changes in future.

ABSTRACT: Predictions of the temporal distribution of vector mosquitoes are an important issue for human health because the response of mosquito populations to climate change could have implications for the risk of vector-borne diseases. To elucidate the effects of climate change on mosquito populations inhabiting temperate regions, we developed a Physiology-based Climate-driven Mosquito Population model for temperate regions. For accurately reproducing the temporal patterns observed in mosquito populations, the key factors were identified by implementing the combinations of factors into the model. We focused on three factors: the effect of diapause, the positive effect of rainfall on larval carrying capacity, and the negative effect of rainfall as the washout mortality on aquatic stages. For each m

SUBMITTER: Watanabe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007082 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature