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ReviewAnnual review of entomology2023

Dehydration Dynamics in Terrestrial Arthropods: From Water Sensing to Trophic Interactions.

Joshua B Benoit, Kevin E McCluney, Matthew J DeGennaro, Julian A T Dow

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Review in Annual review of entomology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. TRPV4 mediates low-humidity responses in epidermal keratinocytes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Dehydrating microhabitats increase mite activity and intensify ectoparasitism of Drosophila.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2026
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  15. Effect of prolonged dehydration stress on the vector competence ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joshua B BenoitDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; email: joshua.benoit@uc.edu.
Kevin E McCluneyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA; email: kmcclun@bgsu.edu.
Matthew J DeGennaroDepartment of Biological Sciences, Florida International University and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Miami, Florida, USA; email: matthew.degennaro@fiu.edu.
Julian A T DowInstitute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; email: julian.dow@glasgow.ac.uk.

Funding

Mosquito hydration status as a mechanism that alters pre-feeding host interactions and post-feeding physiologyR01AI148551 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI BENOIT, JOSH B., XIAO, YANYU · 2020 to 2024
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the transition from water to land, maintaining water balance has been a key challenge for terrestrial arthropods. We explore factors that allow terrestrial arthropods to survive within a variably dry world and how they shape ecological interactions. Detection of water and hydration is critical for maintaining water content. Efficient regulation of internal water content is accomplished by excretory and osmoregulatory systems that balance water intake and loss. Biochemical and physiological responses are necessary as water content declines to prevent and repair the damage that occurs during dehydration. Desiccation avoidance can occur seasonally or daily via a move to more favorable areas. Dehydration and its avoidance have ecological impacts that extend beyond a single species to alter trophic interactions. As climate changes, evolutionary and ecological processes will be critical to species survival during drought.

Indexed as

ArthropodsAnimalsDehydrationDroughtsEnvironmentWaterWaterclimate changedehydrationdroughthumidity sensingwater balance

Identifiers

PMID36270273
PMCPMC9936378

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