Low temperature biology of insects
By: edited by David L. Denlinger, Richard E. Lee, Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780521886352
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A primer on insect cold-tolerance / Richard E. Lee Jr.; title: Rapid cold-hardening : ecological significance and underpinning mechanisms / Richard E. Lee Jr. and David L. Denlinger; title: Antifreeze and ice-nucleator proteins / John G. Duman ... [et al.]; title: Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics : finding the other players in insect cold-tolerance / M. Robert Michaud and David L. Denlinger; title: Cell structural modifications in insects at low temperatures / Vladimír Koštál; title: Oxygen : stress and adaptation in cold-hardy insects / Kenneth B. Storey and Janet M. Storey; title: Interactions between cold, desiccation and environmental toxins / Martin Holmstrup ... [et al.]; title: The macrophysiology of insect cold-hardiness / Steven L. Chown and Brent J. Sinclair; title: Evolutionary physiology of insect thermal adaptation to cold environments / Raymond B. Huey; title: Insects at not so low temperature : climate change in the temperate zone and its biotic consequences / William E. Bradshaw and Christina M. Holzapfel; title: Genetic variability and evolution of cold-tolerance / Johannes Overgaard, Jesper G. Sørensen and Volker Loeschcke; title: Life history adaptations to polar and alpine environments / Peter Convey; title: A template for insect cryopreservation / Roger A. Leopold and Joseph P. Rinehart; title: Implications of cold tolerance for pest management / Jeffrey S. Bale.