Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review

L Bonacina, F Fasano, V Mezzanotte… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water temperature is one of the main abiotic factors affecting the structure and functioning of
aquatic ecosystems and its alteration can have important effects on biological communities …

Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world

D González‐Tokman, A Córdoba‐Aguilar… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects
that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects …

Insect heat shock proteins during stress and diapause

AM King, TH MacRae - Annual review of entomology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Insect heat shock proteins include ATP-independent small heat shock proteins and the
larger ATP-dependent proteins, Hsp70, Hsp90, and Hsp60. In concert with cochaperones …

Mechanisms underlying insect freeze tolerance

J Toxopeus, BJ Sinclair - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Freeze tolerance–the ability to survive internal ice formation–has evolved repeatedly in
insects, facilitating survival in environments with low temperatures and/or high risk of …

A dose of experimental hormesis: When mild stress protects and improves animal performance

R Berry III, G López-Martínez - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The adaptive response characterized by a biphasic curve is known as hormesis. In a
hormesis framework, exposure to low doses leads to protective and beneficial responses …

[HTML][HTML] Insect behavioral restraint and adaptation strategies under heat stress: An inclusive review

MA Bodlah, J Iqbal, A Ashiq, I Bodlah, S Jiang… - Journal of the Saudi …, 2023 - Elsevier
In fluctuating thermal conditions, the survival challenge for insects is particularly difficult
because their physiological activities depend upon environmental temperature. The extreme …

Insect cold hardiness: metabolic, gene, and protein adaptation

KB Storey, JM Storey - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Winter survival for thousands of species of insects relies on adaptive strategies for cold
hardiness. Two basic mechanisms are widely used (freeze avoidance by deep supercooling …

Expression of heat shock protein genes in insect stress responses

L Zhao, WA Jones - Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2012 - isj.unimore.it
The heat shock proteins (Hsps) that are abundantly expressed in insects are important
modulators of insect survival. The expression of different Hsp genes are induced and …

Metabolic rate and oxidative stress in insects exposed to low temperature thermal fluctuations

L Lalouette, CM Williams, F Hervant, BJ Sinclair… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2011 - Elsevier
Fluctuating temperatures are a predominant feature of the natural environment but their
effects on ectotherm physiology are not well-understood. The warm periods of fluctuating …

Gene expression, metabolic regulation and stress tolerance during diapause

TH MacRae - Cellular and Molecular life sciences, 2010 - Springer
Diapause entails molecular, physiological and morphological remodeling of living animals,
culminating in a dormant state characterized by enhanced stress tolerance. Molecular …