The freeze-avoiding mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) survives prolonged exposure to stressful cold by mitigating ionoregulatory collapse
M. K. Andersen, A. D. Roe, A. Liu, A. E. Musso, S. Fudlosid, F. Haider, M. L. Evenden, H. A. MacMillan
This study examines how mountain pine beetle larvae maintain ion balance during cold exposure and finds that ionoregulatory collapse limits their cold tolerance.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2024Physiology