[Water balance and adaptation strategy to extreme climatic conditions in insects of Central Yakutiia].
Original experimental data describing the strategy for cold adaptation of the winter form of black-veined white Aporia crataegi L. living in Central Yakutia, a region with a harsh continental climate and long and very cold winters, are presented in comparison with other insects of Yakutia. Open wintering insects were shown to develop an efficient water-conservation mechanism in a frozen state. This can be significant for their survival in post-diapause. Certain relationships between water balance, wintering mode, and strategy for cold adaptation have been revealed by the example of several insect species of this region in comparison with insects living in less severe climatic conditions.
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D002080:Butterflies / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003081:Cold Climate; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000378:metabolism; D012621:Seasons; D012800:Siberia