Low Temperature Biology of Insects 1st Edition by David L Denlinger, Richard E Lee ISBN 1139485474 9781139485470

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ISBN 10: 1139485474

ISBN 13: 9781139485470 

Author: David L. Denlinger, Richard E. Lee

Low temperature is a major environmental constraint impacting the geographic distribution and seasonal activity patterns of insects. Written for academic researchers in environmental physiology and entomology, this book explores the physiological and molecular mechanisms that enable insects to cope with a cold environment and places these findings into an evolutionary and ecological context. An introductory chapter provides a primer on insect cold tolerance and subsequent chapters in the first section discuss the organismal, cellular and molecular responses that allow insects to survive in the cold despite their, at best, limited ability to regulate their own body temperature. The second section, highlighting the evolutionary and macrophysiological responses to low temperature, is especially relevant for understanding the impact of global climate change on insect systems. A final section translates the knowledge gained from the rest of the book into practical applications including cryopreservation and the augmentation of pest management strategies.

Table of contents:

PART I: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR RESPONSES

1. A primer on insect cold-tolerance
2. Rapid cold-hardening: Ecological significance and underpinning mechanisms
3. Antifreeze and ice-nucleator proteins
4. Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics: Finding the other players in insect cold-tolerance
5. Cell structural modifications in insects at low temperatures
6. Oxygen: Stress and adaptation in cold-hardy insects
7. Interactions between cold, desiccation and environmental toxins

PART II: ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES
8. The macrophysiology of insect cold-hardiness
9. Evolutionary physiology of insect thermal adaptation to cold environments
10. Insects at not so low temperature: Climate change in the temperate zone and its biotic consequences
11. Genetic variability and evolution of cold-tolerance
12. Life-history adaptations to polar and alpine environments

PART III: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
13. A template for insect cryopreservation
14. Implications of cold-tolerance for pest management

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