DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s3953
title: Data from: Fine-scale variation in microclimate across an urban landscape shapes variation in mosquito population dynamics and the potential of Aedes albopictus to transmit arboviral disease

description: Most statistical and mechanistic models used to predict mosquito-borne
 disease transmission incorporate climate drivers of disease transmission
 by utilizing environmental data collected at geographic scales that are
 potentially coarser than what mosquito populations may actually
 experience. Temperature and relative humidity can vary greatly between
 indoor and outdoor environments, and can be influenced strongly by
 variation in landscape features. In the Aedes albopictus system, we
 conducted a proof-of-concept study in the vicinity of the University of
 Georgia to explore the effects of fine-scale microclimate variation on
 mosquito life history and vectorial capacity (VC). We placed Ae.
 albopictus larvae in artificial pots distributed across three replicate
 sites within three different land uses–urban, suburban, and rural, which
 were characterized by high, intermediate, and low proportions of
 impervious surfaces. Data loggers were placed into each larval environment
 and in nearby vegetation to record daily variation in water and ambient
 temperature and relative humidity. The number of adults emerging from each
 pot and their body size and sex were recorded daily. We found mosquito
 microclimate to significantly vary across the season as well as with land
 use. Urban sites were in general warmer and less humid than suburban and
 rural sites, translating into decreased larval survival, smaller body
 sizes, and lower per capita growth rates of mosquitoes on urban sites.
 Dengue transmission potential was predicted to be higher in the summer
 than the fall. Additionally, the effects of land use on dengue
 transmission potential varied by season. Warm summers resulted in a higher
 predicted VC on the cooler, rural sites, while warmer, urban sites had a
 higher predicted VC during the cooler fall season.
description: University of Georgia
 weather station dataDaily mean, minimum,
 maximum temperature and relative humidity data by calendar month and
 dateUGAWeatherStation_data.csvAquatic temperature logger dataDaily temperature data recorded within experimental pots. Temperature is recorded daily (1-31) at 10 min intervals from the months of June (month 6) through October (month 10). Pot_ID represents a site indicator and the experimental pot (e.g. 6-L1; site 6, larval pot 1)LarvalTable_Jun15toOct16.csvAir temperature and relative humidity logger dataAir temperatures and relative humidity were recorded at 10 min intervals daily (day 1-31) from June (month 6) to October (month 10). Pot_ID represents a site indicator and the experimental pot the ambient data logger was paired with (e.g. 1_A5 = Site 1, experimental pot 5).AdultTable_Jun15-Oct13_2015.csvMosquito wing size dataWing sizes of individual male (M) and female (F) mosquitoes emerging from experimental pots (1-6) per day (1-31) during a given month (June = 6, July = 7, Sep = 9, October = 10) on sites (1-9) of different land uses (urban, suburban, and rural) and across different seasons (block 1 = summer; block 2 = fall).TableWingData.csvDaily adult emergence dataThe number (Num_Em) and the cumulative number (Cum_Em) of adult mosquitoes emerging per day (1-31) across four months (June = 6, July = 7, September = 9, October = 10) and two seasons (Block 1 = summer, Block 2 = fall) from experimental pots (1-6) located on 9 different sites of different land uses (urban, suburban, and rural).TableEmergence.xlsxIntrinsic population growth rate (r) dataWe estimated the instrinsic population growth rate for each experimental pot (1-6) across 9 sites (1-9) of varying land uses (urban, suburban, and rural) and across two seasons (block 1 = summer; block 2 = fall). Intrinsic growth rates were estimated from using methods outlined in Livdahl TP, Willey MS. Prospects for an invasion: competition between Aedes albopictus and native Aedes triseriatus. Science. 1991;253(5016):189-91.IntrinsicGrowthRate_data.csvDigitized data from Lounibos et al. 2002This file includes wing length and egg production in the first gonotrophic cycle digitized from Lounibos LP, Suarez S, Menendez Z, Nishimura N, Escher RL, O'Connell SM, et al. Does temperature affect the outcome of larval competition between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus? J Vector Ecol. 2002;27(1):86-95.Lounibos2002_DigitizedData.csvUncertainty Analysis Code htmlThis is a html file describing the code we used in R for our uncertainty analysis and vectorial capacity estimations.UncertaintyAnalysisDryad.htmlUncertainty Analysis Code RmdThis is the actual code in R markdown of our uncertainty analysis and vectorial capacity estimations.UncertaintyAnalysisDryad.Rmd