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ArticleEcology letters2026

Beyond Temperature: Relative Humidity Systematically Shifts Juvenile Thermal Performance and Projected Population Growth in a Malaria Vector.

Paul J Huxley, Joel J Brown, Brandyce St Laurent, Britny Johnson, Olivia Y Cheung, Anna Asamoah, Brandon D Hollingsworth, Eric R Bump, Michael C Wimberly, Mercedes Pascual and 2 more

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Article in Ecology letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Humidity shapes the thermal niche ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Paul J HuxleyDepartment of Biology, University of York, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9211-9479
Joel J BrownDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Brandyce St LaurentDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Britny JohnsonDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Olivia Y CheungDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Anna AsamoahDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Brandon D HollingsworthDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Eric R BumpDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
Michael C WimberlyDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
Mercedes PascualDepartment of Biology and Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3575-7233
Leah R JohnsonDepartment of Statistics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Courtney C MurdockDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-1514

Funding

Redefining thermal suitability for urban malaria transmission in the context of humidityR01AI153444 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI MURDOCK, COURTNEY · 2020 to 2025
$3.9M
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases R01AI153444-03S1Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases R01AI163444NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how temperature-sensitive organisms respond to environmental change is central to addressing challenges in public health, biodiversity conservation and food security. For many ectotherms, abiotic and biotic factors shape their abundance and distribution by generating stage-specific variation in life history traits. Although previous studies have examined temperature, rainfall, competition and habitat quality in relation to maximal population growth rate (

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AnophelesHumidityMosquito VectorsTemperatureAnimalsMalariaModels, BiologicalPopulation GrowthAnopheles stephensiclimate suitabilityepidemiologyhumiditymalariamosquitopopulation growth ratetemperature dependencethermal performance curvevector‐borne diseases

Identifiers

PMID42281274
PMCPMC13261101

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