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 …

Postharvest quarantine treatments using high temperatures have been developed for
various commodities. There are a wide range of insect pests that are the target of these …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Temperature has dramatic evolutionary fitness consequences and is therefore a major factor
determining the geographic distribution and abundance of ectotherms. However, the role …

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 …

SYNOPSIS. Some insects adjust heat production and heat loss, while others depend upon
adjustments in location and posture to regulate body temperature. Many activities oE insects …

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