Forest fragmentation, anthropogenic land use, and climate shape sand fly community composition in central Panama.
Juliana Hoyos, Chystrie Rigg, Luis Fernando Chaves, Vanessa Vásquez, Milixa Perea, José E. Calzada, Azäel Saldaña, Vanessa J. Pineda, Kadir A. González, Sonia Altizer, Raíssa Nogueira de Brito, Adelys Reina, John Paul Schmidt, Susan N. Tanner, Julie Velásquez Runk, Nicole Lynn Gottdenker
The paper examines how landscape features, climate, and land use affect sand fly communities in central Panama, finding that grassland cover and fragmentation metrics significantly influence species occurrence and abundance.
bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2026 · PreprintEcology