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Insect Developmental Plasticity: The Role In A Changing Environment, Lindsey A. Barnes
Insect Developmental Plasticity: The Role In A Changing Environment, Lindsey A. Barnes
The Cardinal Edge
Climate change has been recognized as a severe threat to biodiversity. In the rapidly growing collection of literature on the consequences of global change, researchers have recently noticed a dramatic decrease in insect populations in a wide range of habitats. Insects are extremely susceptible to climatic change, especially with regard to fluctuations in moisture and temperature. However, insects often exhibit phenotypic plasticity, where organisms will express different phenotypes when presented with a specific environmental stimulus. In developmental plasticity, environmental stimuli at the larval stage can determine adult phenotypes. This review focuses on case studies of developmental plasticity in insects, with …
The Relation Of Temperature To The Embryonic And Nymphal Development Of The Differential Grasshopper Melanoplus Differentialis Thomas, Myron H. Swenk, Charles H. Bratt
The Relation Of Temperature To The Embryonic And Nymphal Development Of The Differential Grasshopper Melanoplus Differentialis Thomas, Myron H. Swenk, Charles H. Bratt
Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Temperature plays the major role in the regulation of the rate of embryonic development of the differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis Thomas).