Understanding key vectors and vector-borne diseases associated with freshwater ecosystem across Africa: Implications for public health

Okoro, Onyekwere Joseph; Deme, Gideon Gywa; Okoye, Charles Obinwanne; Eze, Sabina Chioma; Odii, Elijah Chibueze; Gbadegesin, Janet Temitope; Okeke, Emmanuel Sunday; Oyejobi, Greater Kayode; Nyaruaba, Raphael; Ebido, Chike Chukwuenyem

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160732

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“…We found significant difference in the abundance of butterflies across two habitats with heterogeneous microgeographic landscapes in an urban area, with higher butterfly abundance found in the savannah woodland than the gallery forest. This finding is in line with assessments of community composition for other insects in urban areas of Africa, such as mosquitos varying in abundance across different habitat patches in an urban-rural gradient (Johnson et al, 2020;Okoro et al, 2023). However, unlike the species richness index, the difference in the average abundance of butterflies in our study was not associated with any recorded environmental factors across habitats.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Furthermore, responses of insect community structure across temperatures in urban habitats are also likely mediated by the interaction between increasing temperature and latitude (Diamond et al, 2023). Thus, as climate change intensifies, we may expect the community composition and structure of some insect groups in urban landscapes to shift (Stefanescu et al, 2004), with variations in responses across latitudes (Okoro et al, 2023; Pelini et al, 2014; Perez et al, 2022).…”

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“…Changes in environmental conditions play critical roles in structuring the community of species across ecosystems (e.g., Forister et al, 2018; Halsch et al, 2021; Hill et al, 2021; Nishio, 1980; Okoro et al, 2023; Parmesan, 2006). The influence of these environmental changes on community composition and structure can be on a global (e.g., increasing global climate change), regional (e.g., anthropogenic landscape changes) or local (e.g., changes in habitat types) scale.…”

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Butterfly community composition within a tropical urban landscape is influenced by habitat type and temperature

Ombugadu,

Hassan,

Ibrahim

et al. 2023

Insect Conserv Diversity

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The specific factors that influence spatial community or population dynamics are often elusive, and even less known is the impact of tropical urban landscapes on diverse species community assemblages. To address this knowledge gap, we used a survey data set with 510 fruit‐feeding butterflies comprising 20 species across two heterogeneous habitats within a city in Nigeria. Next, we constructed generalised linear mixed models to understand the differential responses of the butterfly community to changes in environmental conditions across habitats. Butterfly species community assemblages significantly differed between the two urban habitats, with butterfly species significantly higher in the savannah woodland compared with the gallery forest due to the optimal daily temperatures of the savannah woodland. However, butterfly richness was lower in the gallery forest due to extreme environmental conditions. This study highlights that butterfly community changes in tropical urban landscapes are possibly responding to local microclimates and spatial heterogeneity across habitats. For evidence‐based conservation management of tropical butterfly biodiversity, there would be need for a long‐term, extensive and systematic insect monitoring programme for butterflies across disturbed and undisturbed fragmented habitats harbouring diverse insect species.

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Butterfly community composition within a tropical urban landscape is influenced by habitat type and temperature

Ombugadu,

Hassan,

Ibrahim

et al. 2023

Insect Conserv Diversity

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“…Changes in environmental conditions play critical roles in structuring the community of species across ecosystems (e.g., Nishio 1980;Parmesan, 2006;Forister et al, 2018;Halsch et al, 2021;Hill et al, 2021;Okoro et al, 2023). The in uence of these environmental changes on community composition and structure of species can be on a global (e.g., increasing global climate change), regional (e.g., anthropogenic landscape changes), and local (e.g., changes in habitat types) scale.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, responses of insect community structure across temperatures in urban habitats are also likely mediated by the interaction between increasing temperature in urban areas with latitude(Diamond et al, 2023). Thus, as climate change intensi es, we may expect the community composition and structure of some insect groups in urban landscapes to increase(Stefanescu et al, 2004), with variations in responses across latitudes(Pelini et al, 2014;Perez et al, 2022;Okoro et al, 2023), which may collectively alter urban insect community structure(Diamond et al, 2023).…”

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Environmental heterogeneity across habitats within a tropical urban landscape influences butterfly community compositions

Ombugadu,

Hassan,

Ibrahim

et al. 2023

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Increasing urbanisation and rapid climate change are causing organisms to redistribute across environments. However, the specific factors that influence local spatial community or population dynamics are often elusive, and even less is known about the impact of tropical urban landscapes on diverse species assemblages. In this study, we used a survey dataset with 510 fruit-feeding butterflies comprising 20 species to address this knowledge gap. To understand the butterfly community dynamics in the context of the daily environmental changes across two heterogenous habitats within a city in Nigeria, we assess species abundance, richness, and diversity indices along the thirty-six (36) spots where butterflies were sampled spanning two habitats, a savannah woodland and a gallery forest. We constructed generalised linear models to understand the differential responses of the butterfly community to daily changes in environmental conditions across habitats. Fruit-feeding butterflies’ diversity, richness, and abundance significantly differed between the two urban habitats, with butterfly species diversity, richness, and abundance being significantly higher in the savannah woodland when compared to the gallery forest. Furthermore, we found that butterfly community richness increased in the savannah woodland due to the warmer daily temperatures. In contrast, butterfly richness decreased in the gallery forest due to extreme environmental conditions. Thus, our study highlights that butterfly community changes in tropical urban landscapes may be shaped in response to changes in microclimates and spatial heterogeneity across habitats, with savannah woodland habitats, despite being the more open habitat types, may be serving as a refuge to certain butterfly species.

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Shamsuddin,

Abu Sari

et al. 2024

Advances in Energy From Waste

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Understanding key vectors and vector-borne diseases associated with freshwater ecosystem across Africa: Implications for public health

Cited by 6 publications

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Butterfly community composition within a tropical urban landscape is influenced by habitat type and temperature

Butterfly community composition within a tropical urban landscape is influenced by habitat type and temperature

Environmental heterogeneity across habitats within a tropical urban landscape influences butterfly community compositions

Types and factors of waste accumulation

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