Dispersal of adult culex mosquitoes in an urban west nile virus hotspot: a mark-capture study incorporating stable isotope enrichment of natural larval habitats.

• Main Authors: Gabriel L Hamer (Author), Tavis K Anderson (Author), Danielle J Donovan (Author), Jeffrey D Brawn (Author), Bethany L Krebs (Author), Allison M Gardner (Author), Marilyn O Ruiz (Author), William M Brown (Author), Uriel D Kitron (Author), Christina M Newman (Author), Tony L Goldberg (Author), Edward D Walker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Dispersal is a critical life history behavior for mosquitoes and is important for the spread of mosquito-borne disease. We implemented the first stable isotope mark-capture study to measure mosquito dispersal, focusing on Culex pipiens in southwest suburban Chicago, Illinois, a hotspot of West Nile...