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Tomáš Ditrich1, Václav Janda2, Hana Vaněčková3
1Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 31a, 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. ditom@pf.jcu.cz.
Abstract:
Cold tolerance is often one of the key components of insect fitness, but the association between climatic conditions and supercooling capacity is poorly understood. We tested 16 lines originating from geographically different populations of the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus for their cold tolerance, determined as the supercooling point (SCP). The supercooling point was generally well explained by the climatic conditions of the population's origin, as the best predictor-winter minimum temperature-explained 85% of the average SCP variation between populations. The supercooling capacity of P. apterus is strongly correlated with climatic conditions, which support the usage of SCP as an appropriate metric of cold tolerance in this species.
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