Landscape Composition Affects Elements of Metacommunity Structure for Culicidae Across South-Eastern Illinois.

ABSTRACT: The interplay among invasive alien vectors and the species assemblage of native potential vectors in areas of range expansion may affect the dynamics of pathogen transmission. In this study we investigate how Aedes albopictus, an invasive mosquito of considerable public health concern fits within mosquito communities at the edge of its range of distribution. This was addressed using a 2-year field survey of mosquitoes in south-eastern Illinois. We found that Ae. albopictus was more broadly distributed in this region than previously realized, with new occurrence records for nine counties. Abundance of this species varied strongly and peaked in locations of low-intermediate overall mosquito species richness. This differed from overall mosquito abundance, as well as abundance of

SUBMITTER: Trivellone V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9110776 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature