A community-ecology framework for understanding vector and vector-borne disease dynamics

Leon Blaustein; Richard S. Ostfeld; Robert D. Holt

doi:10.1560/IJEE.56.3-4.251

A community-ecology framework for understanding vector and vector-borne disease dynamics

Leon Blaustein, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert D. Holt

Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology

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Abstract

The integration of community ecology into the understanding and management of vectors and vector-borne diseases has largely occurred only recently. This compendium examines a variety of community interactions that can affect vector or vector-borne disease dynamics. They include: the importance of risk of predation, risk of ectoparasatism, competition, interactions of competition with transgenic control, apparent competition mediated through vectors, indirect effects of pesticides, vector diversity, and parasite diversity within a vector. In this paper, we summarize these studies and introduce several additional important questions in need of further exploration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-262
Number of pages	12
Journal	Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution
Volume	56
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1560/IJEE.56.3-4.251
State	Published - 1 Dec 2010

Keywords

Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal
apparent competition
community ecology
dilution effect
risk of parasitism
risk of predation
vector-borne disease
vectors

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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