Sanz-Aguilar A, Rosselló R, Bengoa M, Ruiz-Pérez M, González-Calleja M, Barceló C, Borrás D, Paredes-Esquivel C, Miranda M A, Tavecchia G
Animal Demography and Ecology Group, Department of Animal and Microbial Biodiversity, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), Spanish National Research Council, University of the Balearic Islands (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain.
Consultoria Moscard Tigre, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Med Vet Entomol. 2018 Dec;32(4):443-450. doi: 10.1111/mve.12317. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), is a highly invasive species and a vector of several viruses of serious concern to public health. Investigating the habitat selection of this species at small to medium scales is essential to the planning of effective prevention and control campaigns. The present group considered detailed data for this species' presence/absence collected at 228 sites on Mallorca Island (Spain) in autumn 2015, 3 years after the first detection of the species on the island. Site occupancy models accounting for false negative detections and imperfect monitoring were used to evaluate the relationships between mosquito presence and habitat variables. In the study area, mosquito presence was negatively associated with altitude, probably as a result of greater human presence at low altitudes near the coast. Moreover, the presence of Ae. albopictus was positively associated with swimming pools as a result of associated gardens, plants and sources of fresh water. These two variables were combined to predict the presence of the species across the entire island.
白纹伊蚊（双翅目：蚊科）是一种极具入侵性的物种，也是几种令公众健康极为担忧的病毒的传播媒介。在中小尺度上研究该物种的栖息地选择对于规划有效的预防和控制活动至关重要。本研究团队考虑了2015年秋季在西班牙马略卡岛228个地点收集的该物种存在/不存在的详细数据，此时该物种在该岛首次被发现已过去3年。使用考虑了假阴性检测和不完美监测的地点占用模型来评估蚊子存在与栖息地变量之间的关系。在研究区域，蚊子的存在与海拔高度呈负相关，这可能是由于海岸附近低海拔地区人类活动更为频繁。此外，由于相关的花园、植物和淡水水源，白纹伊蚊的存在与游泳池呈正相关。将这两个变量结合起来以预测该物种在整个岛屿的存在情况。
