Passive anti-icing surfaces, or icephobic surfaces, are an area of great interest because of
their significant economic, energy and safety implications in the prevention and easy …

Managing metabolic resources is critical for insects during diapause when food sources are
limited or unavailable. Insects accumulate reserves prior to diapause, and metabolic …

Temperature profoundly influences physiological responses in animals, primarily due to the
effects on biochemical reaction rates. Since physiological responses are often exemplified …

Insects are the most ecologically important multicellular heterotrophs in terrestrial systems.
They play critical roles in ecological food webs, remain devastating agricultural and medical …

Winter provides many challenges for insects, including direct injury to tissues and energy
drain due to low food availability. As a result, the geographic distribution of many species is …

Winter survival for thousands of species of insects relies on adaptive strategies for cold
hardiness. Two basic mechanisms are widely used (freeze avoidance by deep supercooling …

A common physiological response of organisms to environmental stresses is the increase in
expression of heat shock proteins (Hsps). In insects, this process has been widely examined …

Environmental mixtures of chemicals constitute a prevalent issue in ecotoxicology and the
development of new methods to reduce the uncertainties associated with their ecological …

Winter survival for many kinds of animals involves freeze tolerance, the ability to endure the
conversion of about 65% of total body water into extracellular ice and the consequences that …

Recent literature suggests that the layer of adipocytes embedded in the skin below the
dermis is far from being an inert spacer material. Instead, this layer of dermal white adipose …