Low temperature is a major environmental constraint impacting the geographic distribution
and seasonal activity patterns of insects. Written for academic researchers in environmental …

Modern climate change has precipitated widespread interest in the responses of organisms
to the thermal environment. In insects, it is not only changes in mean environmental …

The study of insects at low temperature is a comparatively new field. Only recently has insect
cryobiology begun to mature, as research moves from a descriptive approach to a search for …

Insect performance is limited by the temperature of the environment, and in temperate, polar,
and alpine regions, the majority of insects must face the challenge of exposure to low …

It is well known that temperature has a pervasive effect on insects. Nearly every aspect of an
insect's life is influenced by temperature, from direct effects on the kinetics of enzymatic …

Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects
that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects …

Ambient temperature (T a) is a critical abiotic factor for insects that cannot maintain a
constant body temperature (T b). Interestingly, T a varies during the day, between seasons …

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 …

Insects may survive subzero temperatures by two general strategies: Freeze-tolerant insects
withstand the formation of internal ice, while freeze-avoiding insects die upon freezing …

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 …