Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the modern ecological and evolutionary contexts
of the evolutionary physiology in insects and provides a survey of sources of environmental …

▪ Abstract Folsomia candida Willem 1902, a member of the order Collembola (colloquially
called springtails), is a common and widespread arthropod that occurs in soils throughout …

This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their
environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of …

Land degradation by salinization and sodification changes soil function, destroys soil health,
and promotes bioaccumulation of heavy metals in plants, but little is known about their …

Multiple stressors, both abiotic and biotic, often are experienced simultaneously by
organisms in nature. Responses to these stressors may share signaling pathways (“cross …

Insects vary considerably in their ability to survive low temperatures. The tractability of these
organisms to experimentation has lead to considerable physiology-based work investigating …

A short exposure to a mild cold stress is sufficient to increase cold tolerance in many insects.
This phenomenon, termed rapid cold hardening (RCH) expands the thermal interval that can …

We exposed adult male Drosophila melanogaster to cold, desiccation or starvation, and
examined expression of several genes during exposure and recovery. Frost was expressed …

Protective responses are pivotal in aiding organismal persistence in complex, multi-stressor
environments. Multiple-stressor research has traditionally focused on the deleterious effects …

Larvae of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae), are frequently
exposed to dehydrating conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula. In this study, we examined …