All climate change scenarios predict an increase in both global temperature means and the
magnitude of seasonal and diel temperature variation. The nonlinear relationship between …

Cold tolerance is important in defining the distribution of insects. Here, we review the
principal physiological mechanisms underlying homeostatic failure during cold exposure in …

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 …

The adaptive response characterized by a biphasic curve is known as hormesis. In a
hormesis framework, exposure to low doses leads to protective and beneficial responses …

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 …

Thermal tolerance may limit and therefore predict ectotherm geographic distributions.
However, which of the many metrics of thermal tolerance best predict distribution is often …

Widespread recognition of the importance of biological studies at large spatial and temporal
scales, particularly in the face of many of the most pressing issues facing humanity, has …

Since the sterile insect technique (SIT) relies upon released sterile male insects efficiently
competing with wild males to mate with wild females, it follows that mass-rearing of insects is …

The thermal range for viability is quite variable among Drosophila species and it has long
been known that these variations are correlated with geographic distribution: temperate …

The effects of heat shock on survival and reproduction of two whitefly species, Trialeurodes
vaporariorum (Westwood) and Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) biotype B (Homoptera …