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000125771 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1017/S0007485323000068
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000125771 041__ $$aeng
000125771 100__ $$aBarceló, C.
000125771 245__ $$aThe use of path analysis to determine effects of environmental factors on the adult seasonality of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vector species in Spain
000125771 260__ $$c2023
000125771 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000125771 5203_ $$aCulicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are the main vectors of livestock diseases such as bluetongue (BT) which mainly affect sheep and cattle. In Spain, bluetongue virus (BTV) is transmitted by several Culicoides taxa, including Culicoides imicola, Obsoletus complex, Culicoides newsteadi and Culicoides pulicaris that vary in seasonality and distribution, affecting the distribution and dynamics of BT outbreaks. Path analysis is useful for separating direct and indirect, biotic and abiotic determinants of species' population performance and is ideal for understanding the sensitivity of adult Culicoides dynamics to multiple environmental drivers. Start, end of season and length of overwintering of adult Culicoides were analysed across 329 sites in Spain sampled from 2005 to 2010 during the National Entomosurveillance Program for BTV with path analysis, to determine the direct and indirect effects of land use, climate and host factor variables. Culicoides taxa had species-specific responses to environmental variables. While the seasonality of adult C. imicola was strongly affected by topography, temperature, cover of agro-forestry and sclerophyllous vegetation, rainfall, livestock density, photoperiod in autumn and the abundance of Culicoides females, Obsoletus complex species seasonality was affected by land-use variables such as cover of natural grassland and broad-leaved forest. Culicoides female abundance was the most explanatory variable for the seasonality of C. newsteadi, while C. pulicaris showed that temperature during winter and the photoperiod in November had a strong effect on the start of the season and the length of overwinter period of this species. These results indicate that the seasonal vector-free period (SVFP) in Spain will vary between competent vector taxa and geographic locations, dependent on the different responses of each taxa to environmental conditions.
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000125771 590__ $$a1.6$$b2023
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000125771 591__ $$aENTOMOLOGY$$b36 / 109 = 0.33$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT2
000125771 593__ $$aAgronomy and Crop Science$$c2023$$dQ2
000125771 593__ $$aInsect Science$$c2023$$dQ2
000125771 593__ $$aMedicine (miscellaneous)$$c2023$$dQ3
000125771 594__ $$a4.0$$b2023
000125771 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000125771 700__ $$aSearle, K. R.
000125771 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6279-0453$$aEstrada, R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000125771 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0663-8411$$aLucientes, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000125771 700__ $$aMiranda, M. Á.
000125771 700__ $$aPurse, B. V.
000125771 7102_ $$11009$$2773$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cÁrea Sanidad Animal
000125771 7102_ $$11009$$2X$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cProy. investigación HRA
000125771 773__ $$g113, 3 (2023), 402–411$$pBull. entomol. res.$$tBULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH$$x0007-4853
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