Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Physiological and Molecular Responses: 1. A primer on insect cold tolerance Richard E. Lee, Jr,; 2. Rapid cold-hardening: ecological significance and underpinning mechanisms Richard E. Lee, Jr and David L. Denlinger; 3. Antifreeze and ice nucleator proteins John G. Duman, Kent R. Walters, Todd Sformo, Martin A. Carasco, Philip K. Nickell, Xia Lin and Brian M. Barnes; 4. Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics: finding the other players in insect cold tolerance M. Robert Michaud and David L. Denlinger; 5. Cell structural modifications in insects at low temperatures Vladimír Koštál; 6. Oxygen: stress and adaptation in cold hardy insects Kenneth B. Storey and Janet M. Storey; 7. Interactions between cold, desiccation and environmental toxins Martin Holmstrup, Mark Bayley, Sindre A. Pedersen and Karl Erik Zachariassen; Part II. Ecological and Evolutionary Responses: 8. The macrophysiology of insect cold hardiness Steven L. Chown and Brent J. Sinclair; 9. Evolutionary physiology of insect thermal adaptation to cold environments Raymond B. Huey; 10. Insects at not so low temperature: climate change in the temperate zone and its biotic consequences William E. Bradshaw and Christina M. Holzapfel; 11. Genetic variability and evolution of cold tolerance Johannes Overgaard, Jesper G. Sørensen and Volker Loeschcke; 12. Life history adaptations to polar and alpine environments Peter Convey; Part III. Practical Applications: 13. A template for insect cryopreservation Roger A. Leopold and Joseph P. Rinehart; 14. Implications of cold tolerance for pest management J. S. Bale; Index.

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Explores the molecular mechanisms, ecological responses and practical applications of insect survival at low temperatures.

About the Author

David L. Denlinger is Distinguished University Professor at the Ohio State University. He is a recipient of the Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology from the Entomological Society of America and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of AAAS, the Entomological Society of America and the Royal Entomological Society. Richard E. Lee, Jr is Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. His honors include several teaching awards, the Benjamin Harrison Medallion from Miami University and election as a Fellow in AAAS, the Entomological Society of America and the Royal Entomological Society.