Mosquito landing rates on nesting American robins (<I>Turdus migratorius</I>)

Griffing, S. M.; Kilpatrick, A. M.; Clark, L.; Marra, Peter P.

dc.contributor.author	Griffing, S. M.	en
dc.contributor.author	Kilpatrick, A. M.	en
dc.contributor.author	Clark, L.	en
dc.contributor.author	Marra, Peter P.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2010-04-05T14:57:08Z
dc.date.available	2010-04-05T14:57:08Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.citation	Griffing, S. M., Kilpatrick, A. M., Clark, L., and Marra, Peter P. 2007. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8921">Mosquito landing rates on nesting American robins (Turdus migratorius)</a>." <em>Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases</em>. 7:437–443.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8921
dc.description.abstract	We measured mosquito landing rates on adult and nestling American robins at nests with infrared cameras in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, United States. Mosquitoes landed on nesting robins almost exclusively between dusk and dawn. The mean number of mosquito landings per night was higher for adults (123.3 ñ SE 32.8) than nestlings (37.26 ñ 14.8). The fraction of mosquitoes landing at a nest on nestlings increased with decreases in adult brooding. Oral swabs from nestlings at these and 13 other robin, Gray catbird, and house finch nests were negative for West Nile virus (WNV). These results show that landing rates were higher on adults and that parental brooding reduces the landing rates of mosquitoes on nestlings.	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases	en
dc.title	Mosquito landing rates on nesting American robins (<I>Turdus migratorius</I>)	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	55267
rft.jtitle	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
rft.volume	7
rft.spage	437
rft.epage	443
dc.description.SIUnit	SERC	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NZP	en
dc.citation.spage	437
dc.citation.epage	443