Impact of livestock on a mosquito community (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Brazilian tropical dry forest
AbstractINTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the effects of cattle removal on the Culicidae mosquito community structure in a tropical dry forest in Brazil.METHODS: Culicidae were collected during dry and wet seasons in cattle presence and absence between August 2008 and October 2010 and assessed usin...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0de4daf5e2454f13b024297fd1d8940c 2023-05-15T15:00:15+02:00 Impact of livestock on a mosquito community (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Brazilian tropical dry forest Cleandson Ferreira Santos Magno Borges 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0022-2015 https://doaj.org/article/0de4daf5e2454f13b024297fd1d8940c EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000400474&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0022-2015 https://doaj.org/article/0de4daf5e2454f13b024297fd1d8940c Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 48, Iss 4, Pp 474-478 (2015) Culicidae Livestock Community composition Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0022-2015 2022-12-31T03:21:44Z AbstractINTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the effects of cattle removal on the Culicidae mosquito community structure in a tropical dry forest in Brazil.METHODS: Culicidae were collected during dry and wet seasons in cattle presence and absence between August 2008 and October 2010 and assessed using multivariate statistical models.RESULTS: Cattle removal did not significantly alter Culicidae species richness and abundance. However, alterations were noted in Culicidae community composition.CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to evaluate the impact of cattle removal on Culicidae community structure in Brazil and demonstrates the importance of assessing ecological parameters such as community species composition. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 48 4 474 478 |
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AbstractINTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the effects of cattle removal on the Culicidae mosquito community structure in a tropical dry forest in Brazil.METHODS: Culicidae were collected during dry and wet seasons in cattle presence and absence between August 2008 and October 2010 and assessed using multivariate statistical models.RESULTS: Cattle removal did not significantly alter Culicidae species richness and abundance. However, alterations were noted in Culicidae community composition.CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to evaluate the impact of cattle removal on Culicidae community structure in Brazil and demonstrates the importance of assessing ecological parameters such as community species composition. |
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Impact of livestock on a mosquito community (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Brazilian tropical dry forest |
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