Disease-bearing mosquitoes gain from shrinkage of green spaces

(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) A study conducted in São Paulo, Southern Hemisphere's biggest city, shows that mosquitoes belonging to vector species make up for seven out of the eight most common species found in municipal parks; adapted to urban environment, they benefit from the fragmentation of green areas, a process which leads to the extinction of wild species.

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