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Experimental logging alters the abundance and community composition of ovipositing mosquitoes in the southern Appalachians
Author(s) -
Hopkins M. Camille,
Thomason Courtney A.,
Brown Bryan L.,
Kirkpatrick Laila T.,
Paulson Sally L.,
Hawley Dana M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/een.12518
Subject(s) - logging , biology , abundance (ecology) , ecology , species richness , relative species abundance , species diversity
Experimental logging of Appalachian forests reduced the overall abundance of ovipositing mosquitoes captured by gravid traps. Two container‐breeding Aedes species responded strongly to logging, while Culex pipiens/restuans was largely unaffected. The richness and diversity of the sampled mosquito community were not significantly affected by logging treatment, but gravid traps are unlikely to have robustly sampled all mosquito species present. Logging resulted in significant shifts in community composition of ovipositing mosquitoes. This was probably driven by the differential responses to logging of the container‐breeding Aedes species versus Culex pipiens/restuans .