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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sites selected for microclimatic monitoring in Switzerland

From: Investigation of temperature conditions in Swiss urban and suburban microhabitats for the overwintering suitability of diapausing Aedes albopictus eggs

Location

Study site

Positiona

No. of breeding sites

Habitat type

Mean January temperature ± SD (°C)b

Bellinzona

BEL

46.198240N, 9.018700E

3

Suburban

2.14 ± 1.59

Cadenazzo

CAD

46.148033N, 8.951583E

3

Suburban

0.34 ± 2.21

Chiasso

CHI

45.834400N, 9.017517E

2

Urban

-0.27 ± 2.06

Monteggio

MON

45.990067N, 8.819633E

3

Suburban

-2.06 ± 2.28

Porza

POR

46.028067N, 8.951117E

2

Suburban

-0.47 ± 2.18

Sant’Antonino

SAN

46.154700N, 8.977533E

3

Suburban

0.52 ± 2.43

Sementina

SEM

46.181517N, 8.996383E

3

Suburban

2.02 ± 1.92

Stabio

STA1

45.852940N, 8.938820E

3

Suburban

-0.09 ± 1.82

 

STA2

45.851767N, 8.936550E

3

Suburban

-0.29 ± 1.78

 

STA3

45.851817N, 8.939567E

3

Suburban

-0.02 ± 1.73

Basel

BAS

47.561170N, 7.571110E

10

Urban

-0.26 ± 2.67

Geneva

GEN1

46.196800N, 6.135278E

2

Urban

1.75 ± 2.00

 

GEN2

46.196667N, 6.135000E

2

Urban

3.39 ± 1.74

 

GEN3

46.254444N, 6.198056E

2

Suburban

6.60 ± 0.80

 

GEN4

46.189167N, 6.145833E

2

Urban

0.61 ± 2.22

 

GEN5

46.182293N, 6.115763E

2

Suburban

0.51 ± 1.85

Zurich

ZUR1

47.392130N, 8.506740E

1

Urban

-1.56 ± 2.99

 

ZUR2

47.391870N, 8.509120E

2

Urban

-1.73 ± 2.88

 

ZUR3

47.394070N, 8.511830E

2

Urban

-1.29 ± 2.96

 

ZUR4

47.415260N, 8.459130E

2

Suburban

-1.64 ± 3.30

Cadenazzo

WS

46.16050N, 8.93260E

Suburban

0.84 ± 1.82

Chiasso

WS

45.83333N, 9.01666E

Urban

-0.38 ± 2.20

Stabio

WS

45.84338N, 8.93217E

Suburban

-0.75 ± 2.34

Basel

WS

47.54104N, 7.58356E

Suburban

-1.68 ± 3.42

Geneva

WS

46.24752N, 6.12775E

Suburban

-1.15 ± 2.40

Zurich

WS

47.38333N, 8.53333E

Urban

-1.43 ± 3.41

  1. aPosition refers to the GPS coordinates of the external control or the weather station
  2. bBased on temperature data of external controls and weather stations recorded in January 2017
  3. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, WS weather station