Increased mosquito abundance and species richness in Connecticut, United States 2001-2019.

ABSTRACT: Historical declines in multiple insect taxa have been documented across the globe in relation to landscape-level changes in land use and climate. However, declines have either not been universally observed in all regions or examined for all species. Because mosquitoes are insects of public health importance, we analyzed a longitudinal mosquito surveillance data set from Connecticut (CT), United States (U.S.) from 2001 to 2019 to identify changes in mosquito community composition over time. We first analyzed annual site-level collections and metrics of mosquito community composition with generalized linear/additive mixed effects models; we also examined annual species-level collections using the same tools. We then examined correlations between statewide collections and weather variables as

SUBMITTER: Petruff TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7648108 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature