Effect of habitat fragmentation on rural house invasion by sylvatic triatomines: A multiple landscape-scale approach.

ABSTRACT: After the decrease of the relative importance of Triatoma infestans, a number of studies reported the occurrence of sylvatic triatomines dispersing actively to domestic environments in the dry western Chaco Region of Argentina. Anthropic modification of the landscape is mentioned as one of the main causes of the increase in domicile invasion. The aim of this study was to describe the occurrence and frequency of sylvatic triatomines invading rural houses, and to evaluate the effect of habitat fragmentation and other ecological factors on the invasion of rural houses in central Argentina. We hypothesized that the decrease in food sources and the loss of wild ecotopes, as a consequence of habitat fragmentation, increase the chances of invasion by triatomines. The entomological data was collec

SUBMITTER: Cardozo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312942 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature