Insects have evolved a number of physiological mechanisms for coping with the detrimental
effects of low temperature. As autumn progresses, insects use environmental signals such …

The characterization of physiological phenotypes that may play a part in the establishment of
non-native species can broaden our understanding about the ecology of species invasion …

How thermal tolerance estimated in the laboratory can be extrapolated to natural settings
remains a contentious subject. Here, we argue that the general premise that a single …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

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

Cold tolerance is a key determinant of insect distribution and abundance, and thermal
acclimation can strongly influence organismal stress tolerance phenotypes, particularly in …

Global warming appears to favour smaller-bodied organisms, but whether larger species are
also more vulnerable to thermal extremes, as suggested for past mass-extinction events, is …

To cope with stressful environmental temperatures, organisms can enhance
thermotolerance when exposed to sub‐lethal temperatures before thermal stress, a …

The periwinkle snail Echinolittorina malaccana, for which the upper lethal temperature is
near 55° C, is one of the most heat-tolerant eukaryotes known. We conducted a multi-level …

Critical thermal limits often determine species distributions for diverse ectotherms and have
become a useful tool for understanding past and predicting future range shifts in response to …