Cannibalism in temporary waters: Simulations and laboratory experiments revealed the role of spatial shape in the mosquito Aedes albopictus

• Valentina Mastrantonio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Graziano Crasta,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Arianna Puggioli,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture Environment Centre “G. Nicoli”, Crevalcore, Italy

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• Romeo Bellini,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture Environment Centre “G. Nicoli”, Crevalcore, Italy

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• Sandra Urbanelli,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Daniele Porretta

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it.

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-3183

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