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Student Competition I

Student Competition I

Student Competition I

28 - Outcomes of competition between Culex restuans and Culex pipiens are population dependent

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM PDT
Location: B119

    Presenter(s)

  • Becky E. Cloud, B.S. (she/her/hers)

    PhD Candidate
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

    • Co-Author(s)

  • CC

    Carla Cáceres‎, Ph.D.

    Director, School of Integrative Biology and Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

Abstract: Culex pipiens and Culex restuans mosquitoes compete in their larval habitat when their ranges overlap, but the outcome of competition is often context dependent. In a factorial design, we used 19 families to measure the effects of population (Champaign, IL vs. Glenview, IL), competition type (intraspecific vs. interspecific), temperature, and larval density on larval survivorship and development of Cx. pipiens and Cx. restuans mosquitoes. We find that context matters for outcomes of competition.