Integrating citizen science and field sampling into next-generation early warning systems for vector surveillance: Twenty years of municipal detections of Aedes invasive mosquito species in Spain
Roger Eritja, Isis Sanpera-Calbet, Sarah Delacour‐Estrella, Ignacio Ruiz Arrondo, Mariàngels Puig, Mikel Bengoa, Pedro María Alarcón‐Elbal, Carlos Barceló, Simone Mariani, Yasmina Martínez‐Barciela, Daniel Bravo‐Barriga, Alejandro Polina, José Manuel Pereira, Mikel A. González, Santi Escartín, , Frederic Bartumeus
This paper evaluates the integration of citizen science and field sampling for monitoring invasive mosquito species in Spain, showing citizen science contributes one-third of municipal detections since 2014.
Insects · Aug 29, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology