Publications by authors named "Danica M Shannon"
Article Synopsis
- Mosquitoes are often viewed only in relation to humans, overlooking their important roles as pollinators and their interactions with plants, which could be key for effective mosquito control.
- Recent research highlights that mosquitoes utilize various sensory cues, like ultraviolet light, to find flowers, suggesting that their role in pollination may be underestimated.
- The review covers how mosquitoes find flowers, evaluates the methods used to study their visitation, and discusses the potential implications for mosquito control technologies like genetic manipulation and Wolbachia infection.
For over a century, vector ecology has been a mainstay of vector-borne disease control. Much of this research has focused on the sensory ecology of blood-feeding arthropods (black flies, mosquitoes, ticks, etc.) with terrestrial vertebrate hosts.
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