Experimental logging alters the abundance and community composition of ovipositing mosquitoes in the southern Appalachians

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dc.contributor.authorHopkins, M. Camilleen
dc.contributor.authorThomason, Courtney A.en
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Bryan L.en
dc.contributor.authorKirkpatrick, Laila T.en
dc.contributor.authorPaulson, Sally L.en
dc.contributor.authorHawley, Dana M.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T12:28:24Zen
dc.date.available2020-07-09T12:28:24Zen
dc.date.issued2018-08en
dc.description.abstract1. The loss of intact forest via logging can influence vector-borne disease dynamics in part by altering the abundance or diversity of mosquito species. Using an experimental field approach, we characterised how two types of logging (clearcut and repeat-entry shelterwood) affected temperate forest mosquito abundance and diversity in southwestern Virginia. 2.From May to September in 2008-2010, infusion-baited gravid traps were used to collect ovipositing female mosquitoes across experimental forest plots that varied in logging treatment. Of the 29680 collected adult female mosquitoes, the three dominant taxa captured were Aedes triseriatus (55%), Aedes japonicus (21%), and Culex pipiens/restuans (20%). 3. Logging treatment had a significant effect on the overall number of female mosquitoes caught per trap night, with lower average abundance of females on both logged treatments relative to two types of unlogged, control plots. When the three most abundant mosquito species were examined separately, logging treatment significantly influenced the abundance of both Aedes species, but did not significantly affect C. pipiens/restuans abundance. 4. Logging treatment did not influence the richness or diversity of mosquito species captured in gravid traps. However, logging treatment significantly altered the multivariate community composition of captured mosquitoes, an effect probably mediated by differential species-specific impacts of logging on abundance. 5. Overall, the results of the present study suggest that the risk of arboviruses transmitted by container-breeding Aedes species may be lower following a logging event in Appalachian forests because of reduced A. japonicus and A. triseriatus abundance with logging.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesWe thank Nate Lambert, Allen Patton, R. J. Wilding, Jake Bova, Bonnie Fairbanks, Cari Lynn Squibb, Noah Thrope, Kylie Perkins, Lindsey McAlexander, Genevieve Dudzinsky, Jennifer Miller, and Laila Kirkpatrick for field and laboratory assistance. We thank James Adelman for statistical analysis assistance. We thank Jesse Overcash, Travis Belote, Bob Jones, and Carola Haas for assistance with SASAB logistics. Finally, we thank Tara Craig and Jennifer Smith for assistance with Figure 1 and multiple anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. Research funding was supported in part by Virginia Tech, Sigma Xi and an NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows [1F31AI080160-01A1]. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this work.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech; NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service AwardUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [1F31AI080160-01A1]; Sigma Xien
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/een.12518en
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2311en
dc.identifier.issn0307-6946en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/99312en
dc.identifier.volume43en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectAbundanceen
dc.subjectcommunity compositionen
dc.subjectloggingen
dc.subjectmosquitoen
dc.subjectrichnessen
dc.subjectvectoren
dc.titleExperimental logging alters the abundance and community composition of ovipositing mosquitoes in the southern Appalachiansen
dc.title.serialEcological Entomologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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