Low Temperature Biology of Insects Book

List of contributors vii

Preface xi

Part I Physiological and Molecular Responses

1 A primer on insect cold-tolerance Richard E. Lee 3

2 Rapid cold-hardening: Ecological significance and underpinning mechanisms Richard E. Lee David L. Denlinger 35

3 Antifreeze and ice-nucleator proteins John G. Duman Kent R. Walters Todd Sformo Martin A. Carrasco Philip K. Nickell Xia Lin Brian M. Barnes 59

4 Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics: Finding the other players in insect cold-tolerance M. Robert Michaud David L. Denlinger 91

5 Cell structural modifications in insects at low temperatures Vladimír Koštál 116

6 Oxygen: Stress and adaptation in cold-hardy insects Kenneth B. Storey Janet M. Storey 141

7 Interactions between cold, desiccation and environmental toxins Martin Holmstrup Mark Bayley Sindre A. Pedersen Karl Erik Zachariassen 166

Part II Ecological and Evolutionary Responses

8 The macrophysiology of insect cold-hardiness Steven L. Chown Brent J. Sinclair 191

9 Evolutionary physiology of insect thermal adaptation to cold environments Raymond B. Huey 223

10 Insects at not so low temperature: Climate change in the temperate zone and its biotic consequences William E. Bradshaw Christina M. Holzapfel 242

11 Genetic variability and evolution of cold-tolerance Johannes Overgaard Jesper G. Sørensen Volker Loeschcke 276

12 Life-history adaptations to polar and alpine environments Peter Convey 297

Part III Practical Applications

13 A template for insect cryopreservation Roger A. Leopold Joseph P. Rinehart 325

14 Implications of cold-tolerance for pest management Jeffrey S. Bale 342

Index 374