Article
Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Jun 2020
González-Tokman Daniel, Córdoba-Aguilar Alex, Dáttilo Wesley, Lira-Noriega Andrés, Sánchez-Guillén Rosa A, Villalobos Fabricio
Abstract excerpt
Surviving changing climate conditions is particularly difficult for organisms such as insects that depend on environmental temperature to regulate their physiological functions. Insects are extremely threatened by global warming, since many do not have enough physiological tolerance even to survive continuous exposure to the current maximum temperatures experienced in their habitats. Here, we review literature on...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Basal Metabolism
- Biological Evolution
- Body Size
- Body Temperature Regulation
- Global Warming
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Hot Temperature
- Insecta