Disturbance and mosquito diversity in the lowland tropical rainforest of central Panama

Abstract The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH) is well-known in ecology providing an explanation for the role of disturbance in the coexistence of climax and colonist species. Here, we used the IDH as a framework to describe the role of forest disturbance in shaping the mosquito community st...

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Main Authors: Jose R. Loaiza, Larissa C. Dutari, Jose R. Rovira, Oris I. Sanjur, Gabriel Z. Laporta, James Pecor, Desmond H. Foley, Gillian Eastwood, Laura D. Kramer, Meghan Radtke, Montira Pongsiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07476-2