Spatial- Temporal Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between Climate Factors and the Biodiversity of Aedes Albopictus Mosquito over northern Libya

Date

2025-1

Type

Article

Journal title

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 11

Author(s)

Amel Saad Ashargawi
Nawal .A. Mahfoud
Haifa M. Ben Miloud

Pages

1 - 14

Abstract

Climate scientists have used advanced models to explore how Aedes albopictus responds to changing climate factors over time. Climate change negatively affects the biodiversity of living organisms on Earth. In our study, it became clear that there are relationships between the spread of Aedes albopictus Mosquito and different climate factors, as a strong inverse relationship was found between it and temperature reaching -0.76, while the relationship with relative humidity and precipitation reached 0.533 and 0.518, respectively. When spatially analyzing the Moran’s and LISA variables, it was found that there are hot spots concentrated in the AL Jabal al Akhdar region and cold spots in Sirt and Mizdah for the significance level P<0.05, and a local Geary analysis identified the dependent and independent places of climate variables and their impact on mosquito numbers and determined the significance level. Looking at the period 2025-2080, mosquito numbers are decreasing due to rising temperatures according to climate scenarios.

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