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Density dependence in a seasonal time series of the bamboo mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Diptera: Culicidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

Tomonori Hoshi ,
Nozomi Imanishi ,
Kazuhiko Moji  and
Luis Fernando Chaves
Tomonori Hoshi
Affiliation:
Center for international Collaborative Research (CICORN), Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
Nozomi Imanishi
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
Kazuhiko Moji
Affiliation:
School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
Luis Fernando Chaves*
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (PIET), Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: lfchavs@gmail.com).
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Abstract

The bamboo mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Yamada) (Diptera: Culicidae), is a mosquito species ubiquitous across forested landscapes in Japan. During 2014 we sampled adult mosquitoes from May to November using a sweep net in Nagasaki, Japan. We recorded and managed our field data using Open Data Kit, which eased the overall process of data management before performing their statistical analysis. Here, we analyse the resulting biweekly time series of the bamboo mosquito abundance using time-series statistical techniques. Specifically, we test for density dependence in the population dynamics fitting the Ricker model. Parameter estimates for the Ricker model suggest that the bamboo mosquito is under density dependence regulation and that its population dynamics is stable. Our data also suggest the bamboo mosquito increased its abundance when temperature was more variable at our study site. Further work is warranted to better understand the linkage between the observed density dependence in the adults and the larvae of this mosquito species.

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Behaviour & Ecology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , June 2017 , pp. 338 - 344
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2017 

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