Life tables study of immature Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera : Culicidae) during the wet and dry seasons in Penang, Malaysia.
Life tables were constructed for twelve cohorts of immature stages of the dengue vector Ae. albopictus in a wooded area of Penang, Malaysia. The development time of Ae. albopictus ranged from 6 to 10 days depending on the mean environmental temperature (r = - 0.639, p < 0.05). Total cohort mortality was correlated with total development time (r = 0.713, p < 0.05) but not temperature (r = -0.477, p > 0.05). Rainfall was correlated with neither development time (r = 0.554, p > 0.05) nor mortality (r = 0.322, p > 0.05). There was a significant difference among the total mortality that occurred in the twelve cohorts (H = 119.783, df = 11, p < 0.05). There was also a significant difference in mortality among the different stages (H = 274.00, df = 4, p < 0.05).
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Nur Aida
NA
Hashim
Abu Hassan
AH
Ahmad
Che Salmah Md
CS
Rawi
Nurita Abu
NA
Tahir
Norsamah
N
Basari
D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development*; D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015993:Life Tables; D008296:Malaysia; D011158:Population Growth; D012621:Seasons