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 …

The acute thermal tolerance of ectotherms has been measured in a variety of ways; these
include assays where organisms are shifted abruptly to stressful temperatures and assays …

Three acclimation groups [ie non-diapause (LD), diapause (SD) and diapause, cold-
acclimated (SDA)] of the adult bugs Pyrrhocoris apterus differed markedly in their levels of …

Cold-induced mortality is a key factor driving mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus
ponderosae, population dynamics. In this species, the supercooling point (SCP) is …

Temperature is an important selective agent in nature. Consequently, temperature-induced
plasticity which may help buffering detrimental effects of temperature variation has received …

Predicting population dynamics is a fundamental problem in applied ecology. Temperature
is a potential driver of short‐term population dynamics, and temperature data are widely …

Background The Pyrrhocoris apterus (Insecta: Heteroptera) adults attain high levels of cold
tolerance during their overwintering diapause. Non-diapause reproducing adults, however …

The impact of fluctuating thermal regimes on the cold tolerance of the parasitoid Aphidius
colemani at the mummy stage is examined. The hypothesis is tested that, if a cold period is …

Simple Summary Mismatched distributions between biological control agents and their host
plants occur for a variety of reasons but are often linked to climate, specifically differences in …

Overwintering insects must avoid injury and death from the freezing of tissues and from
metabolic disruptions associated with exposure to low, non-freezing temperatures. The …