{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1964803307","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","title":"Ovipositional site selection by Anopheles gambiae : influences of substrate moisture and texture","display_name":"Ovipositional site selection by Anopheles gambiae : influences of substrate moisture and texture","publication_year":2005,"publication_date":"2005-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1964803307","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","mag":"1964803307","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16336309"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207638786","display_name":"Medical and Veterinary Entomology","issn_l":"0269-283X","issn":["0269-283X","1365-2915"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medical and Veterinary Entomology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"J. Huang","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87216513","display_name":"Michigan State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05hs6h993","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"J. Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. huangju@msu.edu","Departments of Entomology and"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. huangju@msu.edu","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Entomology and","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048767088","display_name":"Edward D. Walker","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9605","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9605"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87216513","display_name":"Michigan State University","ror":"https://ror.org/05hs6h993","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"E. D. Walker","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Entomology and","Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. and"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Entomology and","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. and","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069540527","display_name":"Paul Giroux","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"P. Y. Giroux","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Entomology and"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Entomology and","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001399333","display_name":"JOHN M. VULULE","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7710-0390","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7710-0390"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2841861","display_name":"Kenya Medical Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/04r1cxt79","country_code":"KE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2841861"]}],"countries":["KE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J. Vulule","raw_affiliation_strings":["Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2841861"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"J. R. Miller","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J. R. Miller","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Entomology and"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Entomology and","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87216513"],"apc_list":{"value":4140,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4140},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.1618,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":60,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94609978,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"19","issue":"4","first_page":"442","last_page":"450"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10091","display_name":"Malaria Research and Control","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10091","display_name":"Malaria Research and Control","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10166","display_name":"Mosquito-borne diseases and control","score":0.00559999980032444,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12606","display_name":"Diptera species taxonomy and behavior","score":0.0008999999845400453,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1105","display_name":"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anopheles-gambiae","display_name":"Anopheles gambiae","score":0.9789999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/oviposition-site-selection","display_name":"oviposition site selection","score":0.9049999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/substrate-moisture-content","display_name":"substrate moisture","score":0.9549999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/substrate-texture","display_name":"substrate texture","score":0.9100000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soil-particle-size","display_name":"soil particle size","score":0.6890000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visual-contrast","display_name":"visual contrast","score":0.5929999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/egg-laying-behavior","display_name":"egg-laying behavior","score":0.6549999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/larval-habitat","display_name":"larval habitat","score":0.7319999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stagnant-water","display_name":"stagnant water","score":0.7730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surface-conductivity","display_name":"surface conductivity","score":0.5690000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leaf-wetness-sensor","display_name":"leaf wetness sensor","score":0.8610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/malaria-vectors","display_name":"malaria vectors","score":0.382999986410141}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.8996213674545288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776802408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135237","display_name":"Anopheles gambiae","level":3,"score":0.7430098056793213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.6492075324058533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781195486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289436","display_name":"Texture (cosmology)","level":3,"score":0.63246750831604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176864760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217651","display_name":"Moisture","level":2,"score":0.6174371242523193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777289219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7632154","display_name":"Substrate (aquarium)","level":2,"score":0.4535383880138397},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90856448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431","display_name":"Zoology","level":1,"score":0.3984215259552002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.3629046082496643},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.33024588227272034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.11786225438117981},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.09928181767463684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.06554099917411804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.060329705476760864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778048844","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12156","display_name":"Malaria","level":2,"score":0.05414217710494995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115961682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860623","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.0530913770198822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203014093","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101929","display_name":"Immunology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000818","descriptor_name":"Animals","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000852","descriptor_name":"Anopheles","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D003116","descriptor_name":"Color","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D004553","descriptor_name":"Electric Conductivity","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007630","descriptor_name":"Kenya","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010058","descriptor_name":"Oviposition","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D010316","descriptor_name":"Particle Size","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D012987","descriptor_name":"Soil","qualifier_ui":"Q000032","qualifier_name":"analysis","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D014867","descriptor_name":"Water","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00588.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207638786","display_name":"Medical and Veterinary Entomology","issn_l":"0269-283X","issn":["0269-283X","1365-2915"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medical and Veterinary Entomology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:16336309","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16336309","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medical and veterinary entomology","raw_type":"Comparative Study"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Zero hunger","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2","score":0.40450000762939453}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2856589809","display_name":"Microbial Mediation of Habitat Selection and Production","funder_award_id":"R01AI050703","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337355","funder_display_name":"National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332161","display_name":"National Institutes of Health","ror":"https://ror.org/01cwqze88"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337355","display_name":"National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases","ror":"https://ror.org/043z4tv69"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W141669660","https://openalex.org/W277537171","https://openalex.org/W315283016","https://openalex.org/W1543377491","https://openalex.org/W1581898229","https://openalex.org/W1831100553","https://openalex.org/W1956907310","https://openalex.org/W1987746028","https://openalex.org/W2020845459","https://openalex.org/W2025754255","https://openalex.org/W2042473705","https://openalex.org/W2069625962","https://openalex.org/W2091658067","https://openalex.org/W2097016070","https://openalex.org/W2100588760","https://openalex.org/W2109471385","https://openalex.org/W2128397604","https://openalex.org/W2145975711","https://openalex.org/W2160419310","https://openalex.org/W2164166553","https://openalex.org/W2176197350","https://openalex.org/W2178398810","https://openalex.org/W2266509477","https://openalex.org/W2312055890","https://openalex.org/W2317346445","https://openalex.org/W2409248103","https://openalex.org/W2409972403","https://openalex.org/W2582279767","https://openalex.org/W2751837975","https://openalex.org/W3202522168"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1990376627","https://openalex.org/W2177596369","https://openalex.org/W2107769723","https://openalex.org/W6945136547","https://openalex.org/W2409972403","https://openalex.org/W2329648957","https://openalex.org/W2145975711","https://openalex.org/W4321501997","https://openalex.org/W2063583121","https://openalex.org/W1995076623"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"influence":[1],"of":[2,52,124],"substrate":[3,91,113,200],"moisture":[4,47,62],"(hydration)":[5],"and":[6,27,49,100,172,188],"grain":[7],"size":[8,127],"(texture)":[9],"on":[10,96,120,154],"oviposition":[11],"was":[12,44,67],"quantified":[13,63],"in":[14,37,90],"choice":[15],"tests":[16],"using":[17],"Anopheles":[18],"gambiae":[19,30,83,107,150,181],"sensu":[20,31],"stricto":[21],"Giles":[22],"(Diptera:":[23],"Culicidae)":[24],"laboratory":[25],"strains":[26],"gravid":[28],"An.":[29,82,106,149,180,197],"lato":[32],"from":[33,76,130,178],"a":[34,77,160],"natural":[35],"population":[36],"Western":[38],"Kenya.":[39],"A":[40],"strong,":[41],"positive":[42],"correlation":[43],"found":[45],"between":[46,167],"content":[48],"the":[50],"degree":[51],"egg-laying,":[53],"which":[54],"peaked":[55],"at":[56],"saturation":[57],"with":[58,69,117],"standing":[59],"water.":[60],"Soil":[61],"as":[64],"surface":[65],"conductivity,":[66],"measured":[68],"an":[70],"electronic":[71],"leaf-wetness":[72],"sensor":[73],"slightly":[74],"modified":[75],"unit":[78],"available":[79],"commercially.":[80],"Although":[81],"females":[84,108],"were":[85,146],"sensitive":[86],"to":[87,112,136],"measurable":[88],"differences":[89],"moisture,":[92],"they":[93,115],"distributed":[94],"eggs":[95,153],"both":[97],"fully":[98],"hydrated":[99,102],"less":[101],"substrates.":[103],"In":[104],"contrast,":[105],"showed":[109],"little":[110],"response":[111],"texture:":[114],"oviposited":[116],"equal":[118],"frequency":[119],"all":[121,145],"silica":[122],"substrates":[123,158],"eight":[125],"particle":[126],"classes,":[128],"ranging":[129],"small":[131],"pebbles":[132],"(850":[133],"microm":[134,142],"diameter)":[135],"very":[137],"fine":[138],"grains":[139],"(<":[140],"38":[141],"diameter),":[143],"when":[144],"moist.":[147],"Female":[148],"laid":[151],"more":[152],"dark":[155],"than":[156],"white":[157],"against":[159],"light":[161],"background,":[162],"but":[163,199],"did":[164],"not":[165],"discriminate":[166],"moist,":[168],"pulverized":[169],"black":[170,174],"soapstone":[171],"moist":[173],"Kenyan":[175],"soil":[176],"taken":[177],"typical":[179],"larval":[182],"habitats.":[183],"We":[184],"conclude":[185],"that":[186],"hydration":[187],"visual":[189],"contrast":[190],"are":[191],"critical":[192],"ovipositional":[193],"site":[194],"qualities":[195],"for":[196],"gambiae,":[198],"texture":[201],"is":[202],"not.":[203]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-11-06T12:05:46.655746","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}