We can approach this through:
1. logic - more places to breed means more mosquitoes, right? I don't see how it can be any other way. Unless you are saying that there are always and unavoidably enough breeding places and the limiting factor is something else? (I don't believe this is the case.)
and 2. empirical analysis: studies, and looking at where mosquito-borne diseases have been prevalent historically. I think it's pretty clear that the places where these diseases have occurred have been wet - but that's just my feeling, and I'd welcome a proper analysis.
Perhaps we need to be a little more specific. By breeding grounds, I'm interpreting that as meaning somewhere the eggs can be laid, and the mosquitoes can hatch and grow to adulthood. Your GEM mosquito control is a "breeding ground" of sorts, but deliberately breaks the cycle. So I believe the GEM practice is a way of reducing the mosquito population, but almost any other breeding ground will increase them.
We can approach this
We can approach this through:
1. logic - more places to breed means more mosquitoes, right? I don't see how it can be any other way. Unless you are saying that there are always and unavoidably enough breeding places and the limiting factor is something else? (I don't believe this is the case.)
and 2. empirical analysis: studies, and looking at where mosquito-borne diseases
have been prevalent historically. I think it's pretty clear that the places where these diseases have occurred have been wet - but that's just my feeling, and I'd welcome a proper analysis.
Perhaps we need to be a little more specific. By breeding grounds, I'm interpreting that as meaning somewhere the eggs can be laid, and the mosquitoes can hatch and grow to adulthood. Your GEM mosquito control is a "breeding ground" of sorts, but deliberately breaks the cycle. So I believe the GEM practice is a way of reducing the mosquito population, but almost any other breeding ground will increase them.
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Chriswaterguy