Breeding Site
Community participation in mosquito breeding site control: an interdisciplinary mixed methods study in Curaçao
... Results: Participants showed a good knowledge of, and a high-level performance of mosquito breeding site control (MBSC) practices. Personal protection against mosquitoes (e.g. topical repellents) was ...
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Random repeated cross sectional study on breeding site characterization of Anopheles sinensis larvae in distinct villages of Yongcheng City, People's Republic of China
... each breeding site was cate- gorized by the estimation as shorter than 10 m, 10 ~ 100 m, and longer than 100 m ...larval breeding site covered by shade, terrestrial vegetation, and other ...
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Study of Different Breeding Site Activities of Openbill Stork, Anastomus Oscitans ,in Palghar, Maharashtra
... different breeding site activities of Asian Openbill ...different breeding site activities like preening, neck movement, flapping, fighting, movement, yawning, regurgitation and feeding of ...
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Proximity to vector breeding site and risk of Plasmodium vivax infection: a prospective cohort study in rural Ethiopia
... to breeding site per se that matters, rather, household proximity might be considered a strong positive correlate of the relative probability of being bit- ten and ...the breeding site was ...
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The observed decline of Western Toads ( Anaxyrus boreas ) over several decades at a novel winter breeding site
... warming is expected to affect the phenology of breed- ing, larval development, and hibernation. In 2005, a single stochastic cold weather event during breeding did not appear to be the cause of mortalities and the ...
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Autumn migration and wintering site of a wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix breeding in Denmark identified using geolocation
... The tracked wood warbler departed from the Danish breeding site on 24 July 2014. From here, it migrated south (11 days) via a stopover in Italy (14 days) across the Sahara Desert (26 days) to a longer ...
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The effect of interspecific competition on the temporal dynamics of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens
... Background: Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens larvae reared in the same breeding site compete for resources, with an asymmetrical outcome that disadvantages only the latter species. The impact of these ...
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Effect of physicochemical parameters on Anopheles and Culex mosquito larvae abundance in different breeding sites in a rural setting of Muheza, Tanzania
... In the study area, An. gambiae (s.l.), An. funestus and Cx. quinquefasciatus were the main vectors of lymphatic filariasis [5, 35, 36] while An. gambiae (s.l.), An. funestus group are responsible for malaria transmission ...
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Habitat characterization and spatial distribution of Anopheles sp mosquito larvae in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) during an extended dry period
... sp. breeding sites: unexpected findings The findings of this study revealed that ...sp. breeding require- ments in urban ...to breeding in organically polluted water habitats ...unpolluted ...
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Storm drains as larval development and adult resting sites for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Salvador, Brazil
... potential breeding site for Aedes mosqui- toes in Salvador, we selected four study sites in different neighbourhoods of the city, and performed systematic sur- veys of the storm drains located in these ...
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Reduction in Predator Defense in the Presence of Neighbors in a Colonial Fish
... After 14 days (or after egg-laying, if it occurred earlier) we determined the breeding site choice of the test pair using three criteria. First, we measured the building activity using six different stages, ...
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Strategies and approaches to vector control in nine malaria eliminating countries: a cross case study analysis
... of breeding site maps (Mauritius), and lack of entomological surveillance in intervention areas (Mauritius) made it difficult to assess the impact of larval control on reducing recep- tivity or malaria ...
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Factors affecting the foraging behaviour of the European shag: implications for seabird tracking studies
... Breeding site significantly affected total trip duration, the maximum distance travelled from the colony and the area ...Those breeding at the beach site had a reduced foraging trip duration, ...
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Egg hatching, larval movement and larval survival of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in desiccating habitats
... Larvae that hatch from eggs on damp soil were able to reach a breeding site within a distance of 10 cm, albeit in low numbers. We induced hatching of the eggs by keeping the soil of our experimental sites ...
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Study on natural breeding sites of sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in areas of Leishmania transmission in Colombia
... for breeding sites of phleboto- mine sand flies was based from published records or lists reported for insects of genus Lutzomyia in American trop- ical ...potential breeding sites (data not ...potential ...
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Nest-site fidelity and breeding dispersal by Common Tailorbirds in a tropical forest
... previous breeding experience (Mar- tin ...same site, and those that have experienced nest predation are more likely to migrate to another breeding site (Powell and Frasch 2000; Beckmann et ...
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Urbanization is a main driver for the larval ecology of Aedes mosquitoes in arbovirus-endemic settings in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire.
... of breeding sites is governed by competition and predation among immature stages of Aedes and other mosquitoes that co-exist in the same breeding site [11, ...larval breeding sites govern ...
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Breeding Habitat Use of Little Tern along Enshunada Coast Tenryu River Continuum in Relation to Dam Development
... Based on the afore-explained findings, an integrative picture can be drawn with regard to the breeding habitat for Little Terns in the Enshunada Coast-Tenryu River continuum (Figure 14). The coastal habitat ...
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Avian Community Composition in Response to High Explosive Testing Operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Northern New Mexico
... firing site was mo- nitored for a series of ecosystem aspects prior to and during operations ...of breeding bird populations using the MAPS protocol along a ...this site (1997-2012) were used to ...
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Intramuscular fat in lamb muscle and the impact of selection for improved carcass lean meat yield
... carcass breeding values for post-weaning weight, eye muscle depth and fat depth over the 12 th rib (c-site fat ...Higher breeding values for post-weaning weight and eye muscle depth increased and ...
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