Biocomplexity -- Incubation Activity: Anopheline Mosquito Adaptation to Urban Environments

生物复杂性——孵化活动：按蚊对城市环境的适应

• 批准号: 0083602
• 负责人: John Beier
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Tulane University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-15 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0083602&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biocomplexity; Incubation; Activity; Anopheline; Mosquito

Cities in Africa are experiencing rapid human population growth without comparable economic development, and this is creating diverse ecological problems. In many African cities, the majority of residents live impoverished in settlements without adequate water, sanitation, and electricity. Such conditions promote the transmission of dangerous insect-borne diseases like malaria. This project will study Anopheles mosquitoes in two ecologically different Kenyan cities. The goal is to develop a model for better understanding and predicting how Anopheles mosquito populations are affected by key factors associated with urbanization. Activities will include: 1) planning meetings to develop the model for assessing Anopheles mosquito populations and 2) field and laboratory studies of Anopheles mosquito populations in Kenya. This project will be coordinated with a well-established insect science program in Kenya to unite scientists working on mosquito ecology and behavior with teams of scientists specializing in ecological modeling and spatial statistics, geographic information technology, social and behavioral sciences, hydrology, demography, and urban planning. This project on biocomplexity and urbanization in Africa will produce a computational model for Anopheles mosquitoes that can be used practically to help guide activities relating to urban planning and environmental policy in Africa. With a strong focus on training African scientists and student, the project will strengthen international educational programs in the area of insect science and will help promote the use of ecological techniques for problem-solving in Africa.

非洲的城市正经历着人口的快速增长，但经济却没有相应的发展，这造成了各种各样的生态问题。在许多非洲城市，大多数居民生活在贫困的定居点，没有足够的水、卫生设施和电力。这种情况促进了疟疾等危险虫媒疾病的传播。这个项目将研究肯尼亚两个生态不同城市的按蚊。目标是开发一个模型，以便更好地理解和预测与城市化相关的关键因素如何影响按蚊种群。活动将包括：1)规划会议以开发评估按蚊种群的模型；2)对肯尼亚按蚊种群进行实地和实验室研究。该项目将与肯尼亚一项完善的昆虫科学计划协调，该计划将研究蚊子生态学和行为的科学家与专门从事生态建模和空间统计、地理信息技术、社会和行为科学、水文学、人口统计学和城市规划的科学家团队联合起来。这个关于非洲生物复杂性和城市化的项目将产生一个按蚊的计算模型，可以实际用于帮助指导与非洲城市规划和环境政策有关的活动。该项目非常注重培训非洲科学家和学生，将加强昆虫科学领域的国际教育项目，并将有助于促进在非洲使用生态技术来解决问题。