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 …

Most processes within organisms, and most interactions between organisms and their
environment, have distinct time profiles. The temporal coordination of such processes is …

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 …

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

This chapter explores the nature of heat injury and discusses the adaptations that allow
insects to tolerate high temperature. Insects are enormously vulnerable to high temperature …

Storage at low temperature is a valuable method for increasing the shelf-life of natural
enemies such as insect parasitoids. Cold storage is usually performed under sub-optimal …

Three acclimation groups [ie non-diapause (LD), diapause (SD) and diapause, cold-
acclimated (SDA)] of the adult bugs Pyrrhocoris apterus differed markedly in their levels of …

Necrophagous flies that colonize human and animal corpses are extremely efficient at
locating and utilizing carrion. Adult flies deposit eggs or larvae on the ephemeral food …

This chapter offers a brief overview of the injury inflicted by low temperature and the
mechanisms used by insects to circumvent such injury Protective mechanisms that might be …

Although the immediate effects of temperature stress are well documented, the longer‐term
effects of such stresses are more poorly known. In these experiments, we investigate the …