Blood host preferences and competitive inter-species dynamics within an African malaria vector species complex inferred from signs of animal activity around aquatic larval habitats

• Katrina A. Walsh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: katrinawalsh@ucc.ie (KAW); gerard.killeen@ucc.ie (GFK)

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3499-0673

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• Deogratius R. Kavishe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Lily M. Duggan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Lucia J. Tarimo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Rogath V. Msoffe,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Manase Elisa,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nyerere National Park, Tanzania

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• Nicodem J. Govella,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Markus P. Eichhorn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-0822

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• Emmanuel W. Kaindoa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Fidelma Butler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland

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• Gerry F. Killeen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: katrinawalsh@ucc.ie (KAW); gerard.killeen@ucc.ie (GFK)

  Affiliations School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland, Sustainability Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-8739

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