Rhodes Charlotte G, Scavo Nicole A, Finney Micaela, Fimbres-Macias Juan P, Lively Macey T, Strauss Brandon H, Hamer Gabriel L
Entomology Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Insects. 2022 Mar 10;13(3):271. doi: 10.3390/insects13030271.
Blue-green spaces (BGSs), urban areas characterized by the presence of vegetation and or water, and infrastructure form a potential solution for public health threats from increasing urbanization. We conducted a meta-analysis to test the hypothesis that blue-green spaces increase the abundance of nuisance and vector mosquito species compared to non-greened urban areas. After screening 7306 studies published since 1992, we identified 18 studies containing sufficient data from both traditional urban areas and BGSs. We found no significant difference in mean abundance of all mosquito taxa in three genera (, , ) when comparing blue-green spaces and non-greened urban spaces. Similarly, a separate analysis of each individual genera found no significant differences. An analysis of the taxa by larval habitat guilds found no differences for container-breeding mosquitoes. Flood-water species tended to be more abundant in blue-green spaces, but the differences were not significant. The individual taxa of and the complex showed no differences between blue-green and urban spaces, while the abundance of was significantly higher in traditional urban spaces. Due to the variety existing between and among the several types of blue-green spaces, further studies comparing each unique type of blue-green space or infrastructure will be necessary to draw conclusions regarding the influence of each structure on for urban mosquito communities.
蓝绿空间（BGSs）是指以植被和/或水体以及基础设施为特征的城市区域，它为应对城市化进程加快带来的公共卫生威胁提供了一种潜在解决方案。我们进行了一项荟萃分析，以检验与非绿化城市区域相比，蓝绿空间是否会增加滋扰性蚊虫和媒介蚊虫种类数量这一假设。在筛选了自1992年以来发表的7306项研究后，我们确定了18项包含来自传统城市区域和蓝绿空间的充分数据的研究。在比较蓝绿空间和非绿化城市空间时，我们发现三个属（ 、 、 ）的所有蚊虫类群的平均数量没有显著差异。同样，对每个单独属的分析也未发现显著差异。按幼虫栖息地类别对类群进行分析时，发现容器孳生蚊虫没有差异。洪水积水型蚊虫在蓝绿空间中往往数量更多，但差异不显著。 和 复合体的各个类群在蓝绿空间和城市空间之间没有差异，而 在传统城市空间中的数量显著更高。由于几种类型的蓝绿空间之间以及内部存在差异，有必要进一步比较每种独特类型的蓝绿空间或基础设施，以便就每种结构对城市蚊虫群落的影响得出结论。
