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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab0036 |
El Niño drought and tropical forest conversion synergistically determine mosquito development rate | |
Gregory N.; Ewers R.M.; Chung A.Y.C.; Cator L.J. | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 17489318 |
卷号 | 14期号:3 |
英文摘要 | Extreme warming events can profoundly alter the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne diseases by affecting mosquito life-history traits (e.g. survival, growth and reproduction). At local scales, temperatures are determined largely by vegetation structure and can be dramatically altered by drivers of land-use change (e.g. forest conversion). Disturbance activities can also hinder the buffering capacity of natural habitats, making them more susceptible to seasonal climate variation and extreme weather events (e.g. droughts). In experiments spanning three years, we investigated the interactive effects of tropical forest conversion and climate on fine-scale temperature, and the consequences for mosquito larval development. This study was conducted in the northern Malaysian Bornean state of Sabah using local Aedes albopictus mosquitoes; important vectors of dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. We demonstrate that variation in temperatures due to forest conversion dramatically increases development rates in Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. However, this effect was mediated by an El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) drought event. In normal years, mean temperatures did not differ between land-use types, however mosquitoes reared in oil palm plantations typically emerged 2-3 days faster than in logged forests. During an ENSO drought, mean temperatures did differ between land-use types, but surprisingly this did not result in different mosquito development rates. Driving this idiosyncratic response may be the differences in daily temperature fluctuations between the land-use types that either push mosquito larvae towards optimal development, or over the thermal optimum, thereby reducing fitness. This work highlights the importance of considering the synergistic effects of land-use and seasonal climate variations for predicting the thermal response of a key mosquito life-history trait driving disease transmission dynamics. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
英文关键词 | Aedes albopictus; drought; El Niño; mosquitoes; oil palm; tropical forest |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Atmospheric pressure; Climatology; Drought; Forestry; Palm oil; Tropics; Viruses; Aedes albopictus; Extreme weather events; Mosquito-borne disease; mosquitoes; Oil palm; Southern oscillation; Transmission dynamics; Tropical forest; Land use; disease transmission; disease vector; disturbance; drought; El Nino; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; evergreen forest; extreme event; global warming; land use change; larval development; life history trait; mosquito; tropical forest; vegetation structure; Borneo; East Malaysia; Malaysia; Sabah; Aedes albopictus; Elaeis; Zika virus |
来源期刊 | Environmental Research Letters
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154678 |
作者单位 | Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom; Forest Research Centre, Forestry Department, PO Box 1407, Sabah, Sandakan, 90715, Malaysia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gregory N.,Ewers R.M.,Chung A.Y.C.,et al. El Niño drought and tropical forest conversion synergistically determine mosquito development rate[J],2019,14(3). |
APA | Gregory N.,Ewers R.M.,Chung A.Y.C.,&Cator L.J..(2019).El Niño drought and tropical forest conversion synergistically determine mosquito development rate.Environmental Research Letters,14(3). |
MLA | Gregory N.,et al."El Niño drought and tropical forest conversion synergistically determine mosquito development rate".Environmental Research Letters 14.3(2019). |
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