Insects at Low Temperature

Insects at Low Temperature edited by Richard E. Lee, David L. Denlinger.

The study of insects at low temperature is a comparatively new field. Only recently has insect cryobiology begun to mature, as research moves from a descriptive approach to a search for underlying mechanisms at diverse levels of organization ranging from the gene and cell to ecological and evolution...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lee, Richard E. (Editor), Denlinger, David L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1991.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Science.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0190-6
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Table of Contents:
  • Physiology of Insect Cold Hardiness
  • 1. A Tribute to R. W. Salt
  • 2. Principles of Insect Low Temperature Tolerance
  • 3. The Water Relations of Overwintering Insects
  • 4. Biochemistry of Cryoprotectants
  • 5. Hemolymph Proteins Involved in Insect Subzero-Temperature Tolerance: Ice Nucleators and Antifreeze Proteins
  • Impact on Development and Survival
  • 6. Cold Shock and Heat Shock
  • 7. Effects of Cold on Morphogenesis
  • 8. Relationship between Cold Hardiness and Diapause
  • 9. Thermoperiodism
  • Species Adaptations
  • 10. Winter Habitats and Ecological Adaptations for Winter Survival
  • 11. Freezing Tolerance in the Goldenrod Gall Fly (Eurosta solidaginis)
  • 12. Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations to Cold in a Freeze-Tolerant Arctic Insect
  • 13. Comparative Invertebrate Cold Hardiness
  • 14. Adaptations to Alpine and Polar Environments in Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods
  • 15. Overwintering of Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates
  • Practical Applications
  • 16. Cryopreservation of Insect Germplasm: Cells, Tissues, and Organisms
  • 17. Cryobiology of Drosophila melanogaster Embryos
  • 18. Silkworm Eggs at Low Temperatures: Implications for Sericulture
  • 19. Overwintering in Honey Bees: Implications for Apiculture
  • 20. Implications of Cold Hardiness for Pest Management
  • Taxonomic Index
  • Contributors.

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