Tom Swan

Soil management practices in coffee farming systems in the Asia‐Pacific region and their relevance to Papua New Guinea: A systematic review

Emma Kiup, Tom Swan, Damien J. Field

Abstract Soil degradation resulting from poor soil management practices is a major problem worldwide. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the poor access to resources and lack of soil knowledge may lead to the unintended adoption of poor soil management practices in coffee …

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Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Soil Testing Under Different Soil Nutrient Management in Cocoa Production Systems

Naveen K. Purushothaman, Tom Swan, Kanika Singh, Chris Fidelis et autres

ABSTRACT The feasibility of using a non‐destructive soil testing approach, like diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), has rarely been explored in intensively managed smallholder farms. Hence, we examined the applicability of calibrated DRS models for testing soil samples collected before and after different …

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A literature review of dispersal pathways of Aedes albopictus across different spatial scales: implications for vector surveillance

Tom Swan, Tanya L. Russell, Kyran M. Staunton, Matthew A. Field et autres

BACKGROUND: Aedes albopictus is a highly invasive species and an important vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses. Indigenous to Southeast Asia, Ae. albopictus has successfully invaded every inhabited continent, except Antarctica, in the past 80 years. Vector surveillance and control at points …

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Sugar prevalence in Aedes albopictus differs by habitat, sex and time of day on Masig Island, Torres Strait, Australia

Tom Swan, Edita Ritmejerytė, Boni F. Sebayang, Rhondda Jones et autres

BACKGROUND: Sugar feeding is a fundamental behaviour of many mosquito species. For Aedes albopictus, an important vector of dengue virus and chikungunya virus, little is known about its sugar-feeding behaviour, and no studies have been conducted on this in the southern hemisphere. …

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Spatial population genomics of a recent mosquito invasion

Thomas L. Schmidt, Tom Swan, Jessica Chung, Stephan Karl et autres

Population genomic approaches can characterize dispersal across a single generation through to many generations in the past, bridging the gap between individual movement and intergenerational gene flow. These approaches are particularly useful when investigating dispersal in recently altered systems, where they provide …

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Spatial population genomics of a recent mosquito invasion

Thomas L. Schmidt, Tom Swan, Jessica Chung, Stephan Karl et autres

Abstract Population genomic approaches can characterise dispersal across a single generation through to many generations in the past, bridging the gap between individual movement and intergenerational gene flow. These approaches are particularly useful when investigating dispersal in recently altered systems, where they …

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The Effect of Sound Lure Frequency and Habitat Type on Male Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Capture Rates With the Male Aedes Sound Trap

Tom Swan, Tanya L. Russell, Thomas R. Burkot, Jianyi Liu et autres

The global distribution of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) is rapidly expanding which has contributed to the emergence and re-emergence of dengue and chikungunya outbreaks. Improvements in vector surveillance are necessary to facilitate optimized, evidence-based vector control operations. Current trapping technology used to target …

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Intercepted Mosquitoes at New Zealand’s Ports of Entry, 2001 to 2018: Current Status and Future Concerns

Sherif E. Ammar, Mary Mclntyre, Tom Swan, Julia Kasper et autres

Mosquito vectors are extending their range via international travel and trade. Climate change makes New Zealand an increasingly suitable environment for less tropically adapted exotic mosquito vectors to become established. This shift will add a multiplier effect to existing risks of both …

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Comparative Oviposition Site Selection in Containers by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Florida

Tom Swan, L. Philip Lounibos, Naoya Nishimura

Invasive container mosquito species Aedes aegypti (L.) and Ae. albopictus (Skuse) frequently co-occur in nature where they are typically segregated spatially by distinctive macrohabitat preferences that may select for different oviposition strategies. In a standard cage environment, we compared oviposition site selection …

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Male origin determines satyrization potential of Aedes aegypti by invasive Aedes albopictus

Nildimar Alves Honório, María Cristina Carrasquilla, Irka Bargielowski, Naoya Nishimura et autres

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Identification key to the mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae of the Tongatapu Island group, Kingdom of Tonga

Tom Swan, Mark L. Galatowitsch

An illustrated key is provided for the identification of third and fourth instar larvae of the nine mosquito species known to occur in the Tongatapu island group, Kingdom of Tonga. This includes five Aedes species: Ae. aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762), Ae. albopictus (Skuse, …

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Acoustic Control of Mosquito Larvae In Artificial Drinking Water Containers

Seth C. Britch, Herbert J. Nyberg, Tom Swan, Kenneth J. Linthicum

Emerging technology designed to kill mosquito larvae with sound waves may present a nonchemical and nonbiological alternative to reduce larval populations of key medically important mosquito species such as Aedes aegypti in containers or catchments of water. These devices could benefit integrated …

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