The Thermal Warriors

Strategies of Insect Survival

Bernd Heinrich

    Preface

    1. From Cold Crawlers to Hot Flyers

    2. Heat Balance

    3. The Flight Motor

    4. Warm-Up by Shivering

    5. Warm-Up by Basking

    6. Cooling off

    7. Form and Function

    8. Conserving Energy

    9. Why Do Insects Thermoregulate?

    10. Strategies for Survival

    11. Thermal Arms Races

    12. Heat Treatments

    13. Heating and Cooling the Nest

    14. Insects in Man-Made Habitats

    Epilogue

    Selected Readings

    Index

  • Cover: The Thermal Warriors
  • A photo of the author

Bernd Heinrich is Professor of Biology at the University of Vermont. He has written several memoirs of his life in science and nature, including One Man’s Owl, and Ravens in Winter. Bumblebee Economics was twice a nominee for the American Book Award in Science, and A Year in the Maine Woods won the 1995 Rutstrum Authors’ Award for Literary Excellence.