The Interactive Role of Immature Stage Competition, Cohort Overlap, and Resource Limitation on the Population Viability of the Treehole Mosquito Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae).

摘要: The size and success of epidemiologically significant adult mosquito populations are inherently tied to the conditions aquatic habitat in which juvenile stages grow until eclosion. While resource competition quality well-established controls growth survival, implications overall population rates increase less understood due large sample sizes needed parameterize models for all five life under multiple environmental demographic conditions. Here, we present results >4,300 trials wild-caught Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823) larvae pupae reared varying quantity crossed by presence or absence within a single cohort as well overlapping cohorts. Demographic projection was used make predictions realized simulated Ae. across range potential fecundity. Further, inform control efforts on habitat, constructed stochastic simulation estimate successful emergence from habitats different regimes levels overlap. We found that while were robust low cohort, combination these stressors with overlap led self-limitation complete collapse populations. Despite this importance intraspecific viability, revealed only modest emergence, clear implication high-resource higher value target.