Desiccation tolerance as a function of age, sex, humidity and temperature in adults of the African malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus

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dc.contributor.authorLyons, Candice L.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Maureenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTerblanche, John S.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChown, Steven L.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-07T08:57:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-07T08:57:48Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.descriptionCITATION: Lyons, C. L., Coetzee, M., Terblanche, J. S. & Chown, S. L. 2014. Desiccation tolerance as a function of age, sex, humidity and temperature in adults of the African malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217:3823-3833, doi:10.1242/jeb.104638.
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dc.description.abstractAdult mosquito survival is strongly temperature and moisture dependent. Few studies have investigated the interacting effects of these variables on adult survival and how this differs among the sexes and with age, despite the importance of such information for population dynamic models. For these reasons, the desiccation tolerance of Anopheles arabiensis Patton and Anopheles funestus Giles males and females of three different ages was assessed under three combinations of temperature and humidity. Females were more desiccation tolerant than males, surviving for longer periods than males under all experimental conditions. In addition, younger adults were more tolerant of desiccation than older groups. Both species showed reduced water loss rate (WLR) as the primary mechanism by which they tolerate desiccation. Although A. arabiensis is often considered to be the more arid-adapted of the two species, it showed lower survival times and higher WLR than A. funestus. The current information could improve population dynamic models of these vectors, given that adult survival information for such models is relatively sparse.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://jeb.biologists.org/content/217/21/3823
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent11 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLyons, C. L., Coetzee, M., Terblanche, J. S. & Chown, S. L. 2014. Desiccation tolerance as a function of age, sex, humidity and temperature in adults of the African malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217:3823-3833, doi:10.1242/jeb.104638.
dc.identifier.issn1477-9145 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0022-0949 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1242/jeb.104638
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/99707
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherThe Company of Biologists
dc.rights.holderThe Company of Biologists
dc.subjectAge-related variationen_ZA
dc.subjectMosquitoesen_ZA
dc.subjectCross-toleranceen_ZA
dc.subjectPopulation dynamicsen_ZA
dc.subjectEcophysiologyen_ZA
dc.subjectWater lossen_ZA
dc.titleDesiccation tolerance as a function of age, sex, humidity and temperature in adults of the African malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestusen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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