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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ecol Lett. 2023 May 10;26(7):1029–1049. doi: 10.1111/ele.14228

TABLE 2.

Predictions for the interactive effects of relative humidity & temperature on different mosquito traits.

Trait Definition T min T opt T max
MDR Mosquito development rate (1/days) No change ? evaporation ↓ with ↑ RH = ↑ or no Δ in Tmax no evaporation with ↑ RH = ↓Tmax
pEA Probability of egg to adult survival No change ? evaporation ↓ with ↑ RH = ↑ Tmax no evaporation with ↑ RH = ↓ Tmax
EFD Per capita no. of eggs produced daily per female (1/days) No change ? RH ↑ = ↑ or ↓ Tmax
a Per capita female biting rate (1/days) No change ? RH ↑ = ↑ or ↓ Tmax
μ Per capita mosquito mortality rate (1/days) No change ? RH ↑ = ↑ Tmax
bc Probability of becoming infectious No change ? RH ↑ =? Tmax
EIR Extrinsic incubation rate (1/EIP or 1/days) No change ? RH ↑ = ↑ Tmax