Colonization history and factors promoting the success of invading populations of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus in Europe

• Main Author: Sherpa, Stéphanie
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes 2016-2019 (UGA 2016-2019 ), Université Grenoble Alpes, Laurence Després, Michaël Blum
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: Biological Invasion; Population Genetics; Landscape Genetics; Local Adaptation; Aedes albopictus; Invasion Biologique; Génétique des Populations; Génétique du Paysage; Adaptation Locale; [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering; Tigre; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-02907540; https://theses.hal.science/tel-02907540/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-02907540/file/SHERPA_2019_archivage.pdf

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is native to Southeast Asia and has colonized all continents but Antarctica in the last decades. However, the factors determining the invasive success of populations at the global scale remain to be elucidated. Focusing on the European invasion, we used a...