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 …

Cold tolerance is important in defining the distribution of insects. Here, we review the
principal physiological mechanisms underlying homeostatic failure during cold exposure in …

Carbohydrate metabolism is essential for cellular energy balance as well as for the
biosynthesis of new cellular building blocks. As animal nutrient intake displays temporal …

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 …

Background As global climate change and exponential human population growth intensifies
pressure on agricultural systems, the need to effectively manage invasive insect pests is …

Thermal tolerance may limit and therefore predict ectotherm geographic distributions.
However, which of the many metrics of thermal tolerance best predict distribution is often …

Cold tolerance is a key determinant of insect distribution and abundance, and thermal
acclimation can strongly influence organismal stress tolerance phenotypes, particularly in …

Seasonal and daily thermal variation can limit species distributions because of physiological
tolerances. Low temperatures are particularly challenging for ectotherms, which use both …

Mitochondria have been suggested to be paramount for temperature adaptation in insects.
Considering the large range of environments colonized by this taxon, we hypothesized that …

Among vertebrates, only a few species of amphibians and reptiles tolerate the formation of
ice crystals in their body fluids. Freeze tolerance is much more widespread in invertebrates …