Reproductive phase locking of mosquito populations in response to rainfall frequency

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/bg257g44c

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Shaman, Jeffrey Day, Jonathan F.
Abstract	The frequency of moderate to heavy rainfall events is projected to change in response to global warming. Here we show that these hydrologic changes may have a profound effect on mosquito population dynamics and rates of mosquito-borne disease transmission. We develop a simple model, which treats the mosquito reproductive cycle as a phase oscillator that responds to rainfall frequency forcing. This model reproduces observed mosquito population dynamics and indicates that mosquito-borne disease transmission can be sensitive to rainfall frequency. These findings indicate that changes to the hydrologic cycle, in particular the frequency of moderate to heavy rainfall events, could have a profound effect on the transmission rates of some mosquito-borne diseases.
License	Attribution 3.0 United States
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000331
Date Available	2010-10-04T17:04:29+00:00
Date Issued	2007-03
Citation	Shaman J, Day JF (2007) Reproductive Phase Locking of Mosquito Populations in Response to Rainfall Frequency. PLoS ONE 2(3): e331. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000331
Journal Title	PLoS ONE
Journal Volume	2
Journal Issue/Number	3
Academic Affiliation	College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Declaração de direitos	In Copyright
Publisher	PLoS ONE
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/18656