Surviving in the mountains: Temperature and elevation have contrasting physiological effects on the hoverflyEristalis tenaxin the Himalayas
Gauri Gharpure,
Jagath Vedamurthy,
Sakshi Priya
et al.
Abstract:Insect populations are experiencing a global decline due to a variety of human-linked environmental changes. Among these changes, how insects’ physiology might be affected by predicted upslope migration due to climate change is unknown. Being ectotherms, insect physiology is impacted by abiotic factors like ambient temperature that change with elevation. Here, we performedin situexperiments to assess the sensory and cardiac physiology of an important generalist pollinating hoverflyEristalis tenax(Diptera: Syrp… Show more
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