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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Basic Appl Ecol. 2017 Sep 23;26:101–110. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.012

Table 1.

Summary of studies included in quantitative analysis of deforestation effects on mosquitoes.

Region Location Mosquito community Metric Source

Africa Senegal Sylvatic chikungunya vectors Females/Person/Evening Diallo et al. 2012
Africa Kenya African treehole mosquitoes Williams’ mean of larval abundance Lounibos 1981
Africa Kenya Anophelines Percentage of sites containing larvae Minakawa et al. 2005
Africa Kenya Anopheles gambiae s.l. Proportion of eggs in each substrate Munga et al. 2005
Africa Kenya Malaria vectors Emerging adults Munga et al. 2006
Africa Kenya Anophelines No. anopheline-positive habitats (percent) Mushinzimana et al. 2006
Africa Madagascar Anophelines Total females Zohdy et al. 2016
Asia Sri Lanka Surface-water breeding mosquitoes Larval density Amerasinghe & Ariyasena 1990
Asia Thailand Anophelines Females per man-hour Overgaard et al. 2003
Asia Republic of Korea Anophelines Percentage of sites containing larvae Sithiprasasna et al. 2005
Asia Thailand Arbovirus vectors Females/trap Thongsripong et al. 2013
North America USA All mosquitoes Total larvae in tires Kling et al. 2007
South America and Caribbean Brazil Anopheles darlingi Larval densities/1,000 dips August Barros & Honó;rio 2015
South America and Caribbean Puerto Rico Dengue vectors Larvae/ovitrap Cox et al. 2007
South America and Caribbean Peru Anopheles darlingi Average human-biting rate Vittor et al. 2006
South Pacific and Australia Indonesia Malaria vectors Females/person/evening Harbach et al. 1987
South Pacific and Australia Australia All mosquitoes Total females Steiger et al. 2012