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 …

Thermal environments in a large, topographically diverse serpentine soil—based grassland
were quantified and ranked using a computer model of clear sky insolation and shading on …

Tent caterpillars are among the most familiar of insects, capable of defoliating tens of
thousands of forested acres in a single spring. They differ most markedly from other …

Publisher Summary In this chapter, the characteristics of population cycles of forest
Lepidoptera is described and mechanisms proposed to explain them are evaluated …

Understanding which factors influence the ability of individuals to respond to changing
temperatures is fundamental to species conservation under climate change. We investigated …

The repertoires of social caterpillars are drawn from four categories of behavior centered on
shelter building, thermoregulation, colony defense, and trail-based communication. This …

The widespread planting of corn genetically modified to produce Bacillus thuringiensis
endotoxin has led to speculation that pollen from these fields might adversely affect nearby …

Predicting the effects of climate warming on insect pollinators is challenging. Insects are
small, mobile, and can be excellent thermoregulators. We describe behavioral and …

The clearwinged grasshopper, Camnula pellucida, exploits incident solar radiation to raise
internal body temperatures above ambient levels. Under adequate temperature and light …

1. Three hypotheses have been proposed to account for the maintenance of aggregation
behaviour in caterpillars. While the benefits of aggregation for defence and for the elevation …