Sample name: Buenos Aires City

Reference: M. G. Freire and N. J. Schweigmann. 2009. Effect of temperature on the flight activity of culicids in Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Journal of Natural History 43(35-36):2167-2177 [ER 2199]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: combined

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 17.4

MAP: 1076.0

Habitat comments: "a temperate climate with marked seasonality... The study was conducted in two types of green spaces: an ecological reserve and city parks... The Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, located on the bank of the Río de la Plata, shows a great variety of environments and highly diversified fauna and flora... The city parks... are mainly covered by herbaceous and gramineous vegetation"
climate data are for Buenos Aires City and are from Fontanarrosa et al. (2013, Neotrop Entomol)

Life forms: mosquitoes

Sampling methods: no design,baited,light traps

Sample size: 30467 individuals

Years: 1998 - 2001

Sampling comments: "A total of 496 CDC light traps (274 in the reserve and 222 in the city parks) operated for 330 nights between April 1998 and March 2001. Traps were... baited with dry ice as the CO2 source"

Sample number: 2233

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-08-16 15:46:17

Modified: 2020-01-14 05:33:15