Mosquito Mapper: a phone application to map urban mosquitoes

Becker N, Schön S, Klein AM, Ferstl I, Kizgin A, Tannich E, Kuhn C, et al. First mass development of Aedes Albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)—its surveillance and control in Germany. Parasitol Res. 2017;116:847–58.
Blossey B, Hunt-Joshi TR. Belowground herbivory by insects: influence on plants and aboveground herbivores. Annu Rev Entomol. 2003;48:521–47.
Bonn, A., A. Richter, K. Vohland, L. Pettibone, M. Brandt, R. Feldmann, C. Goebel, et al. 2016. Green paper citizen science strategy 2020 for Germany.
Bonney R, Shirk JL, Phillips TB, Wiggins A, Ballard HL, Miller-Rushing AJ, Parrish JK. Citizen science: next steps for citizen science. Science. 2014;343:1436–7.
Brown H, Duik-Wasser M, Andreadis T, Fish D. Remotely-sensed vegetation indices identify mosquito clusters of West Nile virus vectors in an urban landscape in the northeastern United States. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2008;8:197–206.
Cadar D, Maier P, Miller S, Kress J, Chudy M, Bialonski A, Schlaphof A, et al. Blood donor screening for west nile virus (WNV) revealed acute usutu virus (USUV) infection, Germany, September 2016. Eur Secur. 2017;22:3–8.
Cohn JP. Citizen Science : can volunteers do real Research ? Bioscience. 2008;58:192–7.
Conrad CC, Hilchey KG. A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities. Environ Monit Assess. 2011;176:273–91.
Cosentino BJ, Marsh DM, Jones KS, Apodaca JJ, Bates C, Beach J, Beard KH, et al. Citizen science reveals widespread negative effects of roads on amphibian distributions. Biol Conserv. 2014;180:31–8.
Cunze S, Koch LK, Kochmann J, Klimpel S. Aedes Albopictus and Aedes Japonicus - two invasive mosquito species with different temperature niches in Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:573.
Dickinson JL, Zuckerberg B, Bonter DN. Citizen science as an ecological research tool: challenges and benefits. Annu Rev Ecol Syst. 2010;41:149–72.
Fithian W, Elith J, Hastie T, Keith DA. Bias correction in species distribution models: pooling survey and collection data for multiple species. Methods Ecol Evol. 2015;6:424–38.
Gantz J, Reinsel D. The digital universe in 2020: big data, bigger digital shadows, and biggest growth in the Far East - United States. Hopkinton: EMC Corporation; 2013.
GSM Association. The mobile economy; 2016. p. 2016.
Gubler DJ, Clark GG. Dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever: the emergence of a Global Health problem. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995;1:55–7.
Hemme RR, Thomas CL, Chadee DD, Severson DW. Influence of urban landscapes on population dynamics in a short-distance migrant mosquito: evidence for the dengue vector Aedes Aegypti. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010;4:1–9.
Heym EC, Kampen H, Fahle M, Hohenbrink TL, Schäfer M, Scheuch DE, Walther D. Anopheles Plumbeus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany: updated geographic distribution and public health impact of a nuisance and vector mosquito. Tropical Med Int Health. 2017;22:103–12.
Krüger A, Rech A, Su XZ, Tannich E. Short communication: two cases of autochthonous plasmodium falciparum malaria in Germany with evidence for local transmission by indigenous Anopheles Plumbeus. Tropical Med Int Health. 2001;6:983–5.
Leggewie M, Badusche M, Rudolf M, Jansen S, Börstler J, Krumkamp R, Huber K, et al. Culex Pipiens and Culex Torrentium populations from Central Europe are susceptible to West Nile virus infection. One Health. 2016;2:88–94.
Newman G, Zimmerman D, Crall A, Laituri M, Graham J, Stapel L. User-friendly web mapping: lessons from a citizen science website. Int J Geogr Inf Sci. 2010;24:1851–69.
Reichman OJ, Matthew BJ, Schildhauer MP. Challenges and opportunities of open data in ecology. Science. 2011;331:703–5.
Silvertown J. A new dawn for citizen science. Trends Ecol Evol. 2009;24:467–71.
United Nations. World urbanization prospects: the 2014 revision, highlights (ST/ESA/SER.A/352). New York: United Nations; 2014.
Van Strien AJ, Van Swaay CAM, Termaat T. Opportunistic citizen science data of animal species produce reliable estimates of distribution trends if analysed with occupancy models. J Appl Ecol. 2013;50:1450–8.
Zandbergen PA, Barbeau SJ. Positional accuracy of assisted GPS data from high-sensitivity GPS-enabled mobile phones. J Navig. 2011;64:381–99.

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[1] Becker N, Schön S, Klein AM, Ferstl I, Kizgin A, Tannich E, Kuhn C, et al. First mass development of Aedes Albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)—its surveillance and control in Germany. Parasitol Res. 2017;116:847–58.

[2] Blossey B, Hunt-Joshi TR. Belowground herbivory by insects: influence on plants and aboveground herbivores. Annu Rev Entomol. 2003;48:521–47.

[3] Bonn, A., A. Richter, K. Vohland, L. Pettibone, M. Brandt, R. Feldmann, C. Goebel, et al. 2016. Green paper citizen science strategy 2020 for Germany.

[4] Bonney R, Shirk JL, Phillips TB, Wiggins A, Ballard HL, Miller-Rushing AJ, Parrish JK. Citizen science: next steps for citizen science. Science. 2014;343:1436–7.

[5] Brown H, Duik-Wasser M, Andreadis T, Fish D. Remotely-sensed vegetation indices identify mosquito clusters of West Nile virus vectors in an urban landscape in the northeastern United States. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2008;8:197–206.

[6] Cadar D, Maier P, Miller S, Kress J, Chudy M, Bialonski A, Schlaphof A, et al. Blood donor screening for west nile virus (WNV) revealed acute usutu virus (USUV) infection, Germany, September 2016. Eur Secur. 2017;22:3–8.

[7] Cohn JP. Citizen Science : can volunteers do real Research ? Bioscience. 2008;58:192–7.

[8] Conrad CC, Hilchey KG. A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities. Environ Monit Assess. 2011;176:273–91.

[9] Cosentino BJ, Marsh DM, Jones KS, Apodaca JJ, Bates C, Beach J, Beard KH, et al. Citizen science reveals widespread negative effects of roads on amphibian distributions. Biol Conserv. 2014;180:31–8.

[10] Cunze S, Koch LK, Kochmann J, Klimpel S. Aedes Albopictus and Aedes Japonicus - two invasive mosquito species with different temperature niches in Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:573.

[11] Dickinson JL, Zuckerberg B, Bonter DN. Citizen science as an ecological research tool: challenges and benefits. Annu Rev Ecol Syst. 2010;41:149–72.

[12] Fithian W, Elith J, Hastie T, Keith DA. Bias correction in species distribution models: pooling survey and collection data for multiple species. Methods Ecol Evol. 2015;6:424–38.

[13] Gantz J, Reinsel D. The digital universe in 2020: big data, bigger digital shadows, and biggest growth in the Far East - United States. Hopkinton: EMC Corporation; 2013.

[14] GSM Association. The mobile economy; 2016. p. 2016.

[15] Gubler DJ, Clark GG. Dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever: the emergence of a Global Health problem. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995;1:55–7.

[16] Hemme RR, Thomas CL, Chadee DD, Severson DW. Influence of urban landscapes on population dynamics in a short-distance migrant mosquito: evidence for the dengue vector Aedes Aegypti. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010;4:1–9.

[17] Heym EC, Kampen H, Fahle M, Hohenbrink TL, Schäfer M, Scheuch DE, Walther D. Anopheles Plumbeus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany: updated geographic distribution and public health impact of a nuisance and vector mosquito. Tropical Med Int Health. 2017;22:103–12.

[18] Krüger A, Rech A, Su XZ, Tannich E. Short communication: two cases of autochthonous plasmodium falciparum malaria in Germany with evidence for local transmission by indigenous Anopheles Plumbeus. Tropical Med Int Health. 2001;6:983–5.

[19] Leggewie M, Badusche M, Rudolf M, Jansen S, Börstler J, Krumkamp R, Huber K, et al. Culex Pipiens and Culex Torrentium populations from Central Europe are susceptible to West Nile virus infection. One Health. 2016;2:88–94.

[20] Newman G, Zimmerman D, Crall A, Laituri M, Graham J, Stapel L. User-friendly web mapping: lessons from a citizen science website. Int J Geogr Inf Sci. 2010;24:1851–69.

[21] Reichman OJ, Matthew BJ, Schildhauer MP. Challenges and opportunities of open data in ecology. Science. 2011;331:703–5.

[22] Silvertown J. A new dawn for citizen science. Trends Ecol Evol. 2009;24:467–71.

[23] United Nations. World urbanization prospects: the 2014 revision, highlights (ST/ESA/SER.A/352). New York: United Nations; 2014.

[24] Van Strien AJ, Van Swaay CAM, Termaat T. Opportunistic citizen science data of animal species produce reliable estimates of distribution trends if analysed with occupancy models. J Appl Ecol. 2013;50:1450–8.

[25] Zandbergen PA, Barbeau SJ. Positional accuracy of assisted GPS data from high-sensitivity GPS-enabled mobile phones. J Navig. 2011;64:381–99.