Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary.
National Laboratory for Health Security, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary.
Parasit Vectors. 2023 May 5;16(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05780-7.
Urbanization can be a significant contributor to the spread of invasive mosquito vector species, and the diseases they carry, as urbanized habitats provide access to a great density of food resources (humans and domestic animals) and offer abundant breeding sites for these vectors. Although anthropogenic landscapes are often associated with the presence of invasive mosquito species, we still have little understanding about the relationships between some of these and the built environment.
This study explores the association between urbanization level and the occurrence of invasive Aedes species, specifically Aedes albopictus, Aedes japonicus, and Aedes koreicus, in Hungary, using data from a community (or citizen) science program undertaken between 2019 and 2022.
The association between each of these species and urbanized landscapes within an extensive geographic area was found to differ. Using the same standardized approach, Ae. albopictus showed a statistically significant and positive relationship with urbanization, whereas Ae. japonicus and Ae. koreicus did not.
The findings highlight the importance of community science to mosquito research, as the data gathered using this approach can be used to make qualitative comparisons between species to explore their ecological requirements.
城市化可能是入侵性蚊子传播媒介物种及其携带疾病传播的重要因素，因为城市化的栖息地为这些媒介提供了大量的食物资源（人类和家畜），并为它们提供了丰富的繁殖场所。尽管人为景观通常与入侵性蚊子物种的存在有关，但我们仍然对其中一些物种与建筑环境之间的关系知之甚少。
本研究使用 2019 年至 2022 年期间开展的一项社区（或公民）科学计划的数据，探讨了城市化水平与入侵性伊蚊物种（特别是白纹伊蚊、日本伊蚊和朝鲜伊蚊）在匈牙利的发生之间的关系。
在广泛的地理区域内，发现这些物种与城市化景观之间的关联存在差异。使用相同的标准化方法，白纹伊蚊与城市化呈显著正相关，而日本伊蚊和朝鲜伊蚊则没有。
研究结果强调了社区科学对蚊子研究的重要性，因为使用这种方法收集的数据可用于对物种进行定性比较，以探索它们的生态需求。
