Environmental and biological data (larval abundance and species richness) for GLM analysis of Culicidae populations in urban drainage channels in Salta, Argentina

Abstract

This dataset contains two tables used for generalized linear model (GLM) analyses exploring environmental drivers of mosquito populations in urban drainage channels in Salta, Argentina. One table includes data for modeling the abundance of Culex quinquefasciatus, the most abundant species recorded, while the other was used to analyze Culicidae species richness, measured using the Hill-Shannon diversity index. Both tables contain information on larval habitat characteristics and surrounding landscape features. Recorded variables include water temperature, pH, depth, season, water flow (stagnant or running), insolation (sun or shade), and the presence of vegetation. In addition, remote sensing-derived variables were included: Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), and Land Surface Temperature (LST). These were obtained from Google Earth Engine (EVI and NDWI) and MODIS (LST), summarized using 400-meter buffers around each sampling site.