| Description |
352 pages : illustrations |
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text file |
| Note |
Title from e-book title screen (viewed Apr. 21, 2010). |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. UK : MyiLibrary, 2010 Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to MIL affiliated libraries. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Explores the molecular mechanisms, ecological responses and practical applications of insect survival at low temperatures. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Insects -- Effect of cold on.
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Insects -- Effect of cold on. |
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Insects. |
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Insects -- Ecophysiology.
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Insects -- Ecophysiology. |
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Cold adaptation.
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Cold adaptation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
MyiLibrary.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Low temperature biology of insects. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521886352 (OCoLC)432978312 |
| ISBN |
052188635X (Cloth) |
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9780521886352 (Cloth) |
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9780511676727 (electronic book) |
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0511676727 (electronic book) |
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9780511679230 (electronic book) |
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0511679238 (electronic book) |
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9780511681219 (ebook ; ebrary) |
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0511681216 (ebook ; ebrary) |
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9780511675997 (electronic book) |
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0511675992 (electronic book) |
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1282525751 |
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9781282525757 |
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