Study
Modelling adult Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus survival at different temperatures in laboratory and field settings
Brady, Oliver J.; Johansson, Michael A.; Guerra, Carlos A.; Bhatt, Samir; Golding, Nick; Pigott, David M.
Parasites & Vectors, 2013
Compiles laboratory and field measurements of adult survival for both species across temperatures and fits models describing how survival varies with temperature, comparing the two species and comparing laboratory with field conditions.
- Studied in
- Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus
- Sample size
- compiled laboratory and field survival data across temperatures
Adult survival for both species declines sharply outside a limited temperature range, with the temperature response differing between the species and field survival generally lower than laboratory survival at equivalent temperatures.
What it means
The authors' reading, and ours. Where they differ, that difference is the point.
How the authors put it
Temperature is a major constraint on adult survival, and laboratory estimates overstate field survival.
How NatureHQ reads it
Useful for keeping "could it survive here?" answerable rather than rhetorical. The question is not whether adults can be alive in Britain in August — they demonstrably can — but whether a population can carry through a British winter. That is a different question with a different answer, and it is the one establishment depends on.
- Modelled from compiled data with substantial variation between source studies.
- Adult survival is one component of population persistence; egg and larval overwintering matter separately and differ between the species.
What this study is used for on NatureHQ
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Invasive mosquitoes and range shift
Finding a mosquito is not a breeding population. Breeding is not establishment. Establishment is not local disease transmission. Each step is a separate question needing its own evidence.
Invasive mosquitoes and range shift
Aedes aegypti and the Asian tiger mosquito are different species with different limits. The tiger mosquito tolerates cool temperate conditions and has established widely in Europe; aegypti is far more restricted by cold.
Published by: Springer journalsPublished in a Springer journal.
doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-351
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