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Low Temperature Biology of Insects.
Explores the molecular mechanisms, ecological responses and practical applications of insect survival at low temperatures.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic Collection
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A primer on insect cold-tolerance / Richard E. Lee Jr.
- Rapid cold-hardening : ecological significance and underpinning mechanisms / Richard E. Lee Jr. and David L. Denlinger
- Antifreeze and ice-nucleator proteins / John G. Duman [and others]
- Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics : finding the other players in insect cold-tolerance / M. Robert Michaud and David L. Denlinger
- Cell structural modifications in insects at low temperatures / Vladimír Koštál
- Oxygen : stress and adaptation in cold-hardy insects / Kenneth B. Storey and Janet M. Storey
- Interactions between cold, desiccation and environmental toxins / Martin Holmstrup [and others]
- The macrophysiology of insect cold-hardiness / Steven L. Chown and Brent J. Sinclair
- Evolutionary physiology of insect thermal adaptation to cold environments / Raymond B. Huey
- Insects at not so low temperature : climate change in the temperate zone and its biotic consequences / William E. Bradshaw and Christina M. Holzapfel
- Genetic variability and evolution of cold-tolerance / Johannes Overgaard, Jesper G. Sørensen and Volker Loeschcke
- Life history adaptations to polar and alpine environments / Peter Convey
- A template for insect cryopreservation / Roger A. Leopold and Joseph P. Rinehart
- Implications of cold tolerance for pest management / Jeffrey S. Bale.