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Efficacy of mosquito attractants in various habitats of a floodplain

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Efficacy of different mosquito attractants was invesigated at four sites in three plant communities (Galio-Salicetum albae, Populetum nigro-albae, Genisto elatae-Quercetum roboris) of flooded and forest habitats in Kopački rit Nature Park, Croatia. The attractants were: dry ice, horse urine, horse urine + acetone, acetone, 1-octen-3-ol and ammonium hydroxide baited CDC traps. A total of 11,441 mosquito specimens of 12 species were collected. Aedes vexans (91.43%) was the most numerous species. A statistically significant difference between the efficacy of dry ice and the other attractants was shown, whereas there was no difference between the other attractants. A greater number of specimens and species number were noted in the flooded plant communities (Populetum nigro-albae). The response of Ae. vexans to dry ice was higher in flooded sites, and it was significantly lower in forest habitat (Genisto elatae-Quercetum roboris) according to fuzzy c-means cluster analysis. The same analysis shows a higher efficacy of other attractants (horse urine, horse urine + acetone, acetone, octenol and ammonium hydroxide) in forest habitat when compared to the flooded area habitats.

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    Enrih Merdić, Željka Jeličić, Stjepan Krčmar, Branimir Hackenberger-Kutuzović, Nataša Turić, Mirta Sudarić Bogojević & Željko Zahirović

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Merdić, E., Jeličić, Ž., Krčmar, S. et al. Efficacy of mosquito attractants in various habitats of a floodplain. Biologia 65, 545–551 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-010-0051-5

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