@article{fdi:010088633,
  title = {{U}rbanization and water containers influence the mosquito community with consequences for {A}edes aegypti},
  author = {{T}alaga, {S}. and {C}ompin, {A}. and {A}z{\'e}mar, {F}. and {L}eroy, {C}{\'e}line and {D}ejean, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e aimed to determine how the degree of urbanization in a {N}eotropical city influences {A}edes aegypti ({L}.), a pantropical vector of urban yellow fever, dengue, {Z}ika and {C}hikungunia, via other mosquito species, whether they are competitors or predators, native to the area or invasive. {W}e conducted experiments twice a month during one year in the city of {K}ourou, {F}rench {G}uiana, on three sites characterized by increasing percentages of imperviousness (i.e., 0.65%, 33.80% and 86.60%). {T}hese sites were located in a approximate to 5 ha forest fragment, a residential area with gardens, and in the older part of the city, respectively, and correspond to slightly, moderately and highly urbanized sites. {T}here, we monitored twice a month during one year a total of 108 mosquito communities inhabiting four types of containers (i.e., a tank bromeliad, dry stumps of bamboo, ovitraps and car tires) installed in a random block design. {I}n the tanks of the bromeliad, likely due to the acidity of the water, the immatures of native mosquito species prevailed, particularly {W}yeomyia pertinans ({W}illiston) in the slightly urbanized site. {T}he general pattern was very similar in the three other types of containers where {L}imatus durhamii {T}heobald dominated in the slightly urbanized site, so that the abundance of {A}e. aegypti immatures was low compared to those of native species. {Y}et, {A}e. aegypti strongly dominated in the two more urbanized sites. {T}hese findings open up perspectives for vector management, including the conservation and/or the augmentation of natural enemies through modifications to landscape features.},
  keywords = {{C}ompetition ; ecosystem services ; mosquitoes ; natural and artificial ; water containers ; urbanization gradient ; vector management ; {GUYANE} {FRANCAISE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}eotropical {E}ntomology},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[9 ]},
  ISSN = {1519-566{X}},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1007/s13744-023-01091-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088633},
}