Given the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many species specialise their physical activity to being diurnal or nocturnal, and it was long …
Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …
D Brady, A Saviane, S Cappellozza… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With approximately 160,000 identified species of butterflies and moths, Lepidoptera are among the most species-rich and diverse insect orders. Lepidopteran insects have …
Over the last few decades, biologists have made substantial progress in understanding relationships between changing climates and organism performance. Much of this work has …
Transmission of many plant viruses relies on phloem-feeding insect vectors. However, how plant viruses directly modulate insect behavior is largely unknown. Barley yellow striate …
Functional involvement of a circadian clock in photoperiodism for measuring the length of day or night had been proposed more than 70 years ago, and various physiological …
K Tomioka, A Matsumoto - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•We reviewed current knowledge on circadian molecular clockwork in non-model insects.•Most of known clock genes are shared among insects with some exception.•Modern …
Organisms from bacteria to humans have evolved under predictable daily environmental cycles owing to the Earth's rotation. This strong selection pressure has generated …
E Force, MBC Sokolowski, C Suray… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Animals invest crucial resources in foraging to support development, sustenance, and reproduction. Foraging and feeding behaviors are rhythmically expressed by most insects …