Anopheles subpictus Grassi: Observations on survivorship and population size using mark-release-recapture and dissection methods |
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Authors: | William K Reisen Farida Mahmood and Tauheeda Parveen |
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Institution: | (1) Pakistan Medical Research Center, University of Maryland International Health Program, 6, Birdwood Road, Lahore, Pakistan |
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Abstract: | Summary A mark-release-recapture experiment to estimate population survivorship and absolute size was performed with wild-caughtAn. subpictus adults at the village of Khano-Harni, Lahore District, Punjab Province, Pakistan during September 1978, the end of the monsoon
rainy season, when temporal population abundance was maximized. Daily survival rate estimated from the recapture sequence
of marked adults was low, males=0.192 and females=0.343. Survivorship for females estimated by several vertical age-grading
procedures ranged from 0.347 to 0.628. Both stage- and age-specific life tables were calculated from vertical age-grading
data determined by the dilatation method. Female and male population size was estimated byBailey’s modification of theLincoln Index and was found to average 4478.4 and 6106.8, respectively. The bionomics, survivorship and population size ofAn. subpictus in the Lahore are indicated that this species was probably not important in the transmission of human malaria. |
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