Spatiotemporal trends in Anopheles funestus breeding habitats

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecologyen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of KwaZulu-Natalen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Witwatersranden
cg.creator.identifierBester Tawona Mudereri: 0000-0001-9407-7890en
cg.creator.identifierOnisimo Mutanga: 0000-0002-7358-8111en
cg.creator.identifierElfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman: 0000-0002-5694-0291en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104351en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1872-826Xen
cg.journalInternational Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformationen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.cipBIODIVERSITY FOR THE FUTUREen
cg.subject.cipCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen
cg.volume136en
dc.contributor.authorAduvukha, G.R.en
dc.contributor.authorAbdel-Rahman, E.M.en
dc.contributor.authorMudereri, B.T.en
dc.contributor.authorMutanga, O.en
dc.contributor.authorOdindi, J.en
dc.contributor.authorTonnang, H.E.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-15T17:11:09Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-15T17:11:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/169131
dc.titleSpatiotemporal trends in Anopheles funestus breeding habitatsen
dcterms.abstractEffective identification and control of malaria vector larval breeding habitats are crucial for the management and eradication of malaria. Despite its importance, the last decade has seen a decline in data availability and intervention efforts due to reduced attention and prioritization. This study addresses the geographic data scarcity concerning Anopheles funestus larval breeding habitats in a malaria-prone region of western Kenya. Employing a two-step methodological approach, we integrated multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and rule-based fuzzy logic analysis to evaluate the spatiotemporal similarity or divergence of these habitats. The analysis spanned a five-year interval, 2008, 2013, and 2018 with 2013 serving as the base year for both hindcast and forecast predictions. The MCDA utilized categorical land use/land cover (LULC) and edaphic variables to identify potential breeding habitats, while climatic and topographic variables and spectral indices were analysed using fuzzy logic to assess the similarity or divergence of these habitats over time. Validation of the MCDA and fuzzy logic models was performed using a flight buffer distance based on adult An. funestus presence points (n = 136), supplemented by a limited number of larval breeding locations (n = 12) respectively. Our findings identified 147 potential An. funestus larval breeding habitats across the study area. The fuzzy logic analysis predicted a high degree of similarity (85.03%) in potential breeding habitats between the study years compared to the base year, with a divergence of 14.97%. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using semi-automated methods to detect both permanent and impermanent An. funestus breeding habitats under conditions of limited data. The methodologies developed provide a timely, cost-effective tool for enhanced surveillance and management of An funestus mosquito larval breeding, offering valuable insights for stakeholders involved in malaria vector monitoring and control.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAduvukha, G.R.; Abdel-Rahman, E.M.; Mudereri, B.T.; Mutanga, O.; Odindi, J.; Tonnang, H.E. 2025. Spatiotemporal trends in Anopheles funestus breeding habitats. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. ISSN 1872-826X. 136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104351en
dcterms.extent17 p.en
dcterms.issued2025-01-11en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectAnophelesen
dcterms.subjectmalariaen
dcterms.subjectbreedingen
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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