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For reprints, please visit the journals' websites or contact Dr. Sinclair. *contributed equally. 2023Turnbull, K.F., McNeil, J.N. & Sinclair, B.J. 2023. Burrowing depth mediates the extent of metabolic suppression in a soil-overwintering insect. Functional Ecology. Torson, A.S., Bowman, S., Doucet, D., Roe, A.D.
& Sinclair, B.J. 2023. Molecular signatures of diapause
in the Asian longhorned beetle: gene expression. Current Research in Insect Science
3: 100054 2022 Beet, C.R., Hogg, I.D., Cary, S.C.,
McDonald, I.R. & Sinclair, B.J. 2022. The resilience of
polar Collembola (springtails) in a changing climate. Current Research in Insect Science 2:
100046. Meehan, M.L., Turnbull, K.F., Sinclair, B.J.
& Lindo, Z. 2022. Predators minimize energy costs,
rather than maximize energy gains under warming: Evidence
from a microcosm feeding experiment. Functional Ecology 36: 2279-2288. Lebenzon, J.E., Denezis, P.W., Mohammad, L.,
Mathers, K.E., Turnbull, K.F., Staples, J.F. & Sinclair,
B.J. 2022. Reversible mitophagy drives metabolic suppression
in diapausing beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the U.S.A.119: e2201089119. Sinclair, B.J., Sørensen, J.G. and Terblanche,
J.S. 2022. Harnessing thermal plasticity to enhance the
performance of mass-reared insects: Opportunities and
Challenges. Bulletin
of Entomological Research 112: 441-450. Duell, M.E., Gray, M.T., Roe, A.D., MacQuarrie, C.J.K. & Sinclair, B.J. 2022. Plasticity drives extreme cold tolerance of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) during a polar vortex. Current Research in Insect Science 2: 10031. 2021 Torson, A.S., Hicks, A.M.A., Baragar, C.E., Smith, D.R. & Sinclair, B.J. 2021. The mitochondrial genome of two Gryllus crickets (Grylloidea: Gryllidae) via RNA-seq. Mitochondrial DNA B 7: 106-107. Lebenzon, J.E., Torson, A.S. and Sinclair, B.J. 2021. Diapause differentially modulates the transcriptomes of fat body and flight muscle in the flight muscle in the Colorado potato beetle. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry D 40: 100906. Studd, E.K., A.E.
Bates, A.J. Bramburger, T. Fernandes, B. Hayden, H.A.L. Henry,
M.M. Humphries, R. Martin, B.C. McMeans, E.R.D. Moise, A.M.
O’Sullivan, S. Sharma, B.J. Sinclair, A.O. Sutton, P.H.
Templer and S.J. Cooke. 2021. Nine maxims for the
ecology of cold-climate winters. BioScience 71: 820-830. Lebenzon, J.E., Toxopeus, J., Anthony, S.E. &
Sinclair, B.J. 2021. De novo assembly and
characterisation of the transcriptome of the Beringian
pseudoscorpion. Canadian Entomologist 153: 301-313. Anthony, S.E., Buddle, C.M., Høye, T.T., Hein,
N. & Sinclair, B.J. 2021. Thermal acclimation has
limited effect on the thermal tolerances of summer-collected
Arctic and sub-Arctic wolf spiders. Comparative Biochemistry and
Physiology A 257: 110974. Torson, Zhang, M.L., Ong, K., Mohammad, L. Smith,
A.J., Doucet, D., Roe, A.D. & Sinclair, B.J. 2021 Cold
tolerance of laboratory-reared Asian longhorned beetles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
A 257: 110957. Torson, A.S., Zhang, M. L., Smith, A.J.,
Mohammad, L., Ong, K., Doucet, D. Roe, A.D., Sinclair, B.J.
2021. Dormancy in laboratory-reared Asian longhorned beetles,
Anoplophora glabripennis. Journal of Insect Physiology 130:
104179. *Smith, A., *Turnbull, K.F., Moulton, J.F., & Sinclair,
B.J. 2021. Metabolic cost of freeze-thaw and source of CO2
production in the freeze-tolerant cricket Gryllus
veletis. Journal of Experimental Biology 224:
jeb234419. Ciancio, J.J., Turnbull, K.F., Gariepy, T.D. & Sinclair, B.J. 2021. Cold tolerance, water balance, energetics, gas exchange, and diapause in overwintering brown marmorated stink bugs. Journal of Insect Physiology 128: 104171. 2020 Torson, A.S., Dong, Y.-w. & Sinclair, B.J.
2020. Help, there are 'omics' in my comparative
physiology! Journal of Experimental Biology 223:
jeb191262. Jiménez-Padilla, Y., Esan, E., Floate, K.D. & Sinclair, B.J. 2020. Persistence of diet effects on the Drosophila suzukii microbiota. Canadian Entomologist 152: 516-531. Jiménez-Padilla, Y., Ferguson, L.V., &
Sinclair, B.J. 2020. Comparing apples and oranges (and
blueberries and grapes): fruit type affects development and
cold-susceptibility of immature Drosophila suzukii. Canadian Entomologist 152: 532-545. Torson, A.S., Des Marteaux, L.E., Bowman, S.,
Zhang, M.L., Ong, K., Doucet, D. Sinclair, B.J., & Roe, A.D.
2020. Dissection of cerambycid beetle larval tissues for
physiological and molecular studies. Canadian Entomologist 152: 399-409. Lebenzon, J.E., Des Marteaux, L.E. & Sinclair, B.J. 2020. Reversing sodium differentials between the hemolymph and hindgut speeds chill coma recovery but reduces survival in the fall field cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 244: 110699. Li, N.G., Toxopeus, J., Moos, M., Sørensen, J.G. & Sinclair, B.J. 2020. A comparison of low temperature biology of Pieris rapae from Ontario, Canada, and Yakutia, Far Eastern Russia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 242: 110649. Ferguson, L.V. & Sinclair, B.J. 2020. Thermal variability and plasticity drive the outcome of a host-pathogen interaction. American Naturalist 195: 603-615. 2019Anthony, S.E., Buddle, C.M., Høye, T.T. & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Thermal limits of summer-collected Pardosa wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from the Yukon Territory and Greenland. Polar Biology 42: 2055-2064. Tang, J.M., Jiménez-Padilla, Y., Lachance, M.-A.
& Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Gut yeasts do not improve
desiccation survival in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology
117: 103893. Toxopeus, J., Koštál, V. & Sinclair, B.J.
2019. Evidence for non-colligative function of small
cryoprotectants in a freeze-tolerant insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
286: 20190050. Anthony, S.E. & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Overwintering red velvet mites are freeze tolerant. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92: 201-205. Toxopeus, J., McKinnon, A. H,
Štětina, T, Turnbull, K.F. & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Laboratory
acclimation to autumn-like conditions induces freeze tolerance
in the spring field cricket Gryllus veletis (Orthoptera:
Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 113: 9-16. Karsten, M., Lebenzon, J.E., Terblanche, J.S. &
Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Loss of ion homeostasis is not the cause of
chill coma or impaired dispersal in false codling moth Thaumatotobia
leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A
229: 40-44. Toxopeus, J., Des Marteaux, L.E. & Sinclair,
B.J. 2019. How insects become freeze tolerant: the
transcriptomic underpinnings of acclimation in Gryllus
veletis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D
29: 55-66. Barton, M.G., Terblanche, J.S.. & Sinclair, B.J. 2019. Incorporating temperature and precipitation extremes into process-based models of African Lepidoptera changes the predicted distribution under climate change. Ecological Modelling 394: 53-65. 2018 Marshall, D.J., Brahim, A., Mustapha, N., Dong, Y.
& Sinclair, B.J. 2018. Substantial heat-tolerance
acclimation capacity in tropical thermophilic snails, but to
what benefit? Journal of Experimental Biology 221:
jeb187476. Toxopeus, J. & Sinclair, B.J. 2018. Mechanisms
underlying insect freeze tolerance. Biological Reviews 93: 1891-1914. Ferguson, L.V., Dhakal, P., Lebenzon, J.E.,
Heinrichs, D.E., Bucking, C. & Sinclair, B.J. 2018.
Seasonal shifts in the insect gut microbiome are concurrent
with changes in cold tolerance and immunity. Functional
Ecology 32: 2357-2368. Cuddington, K., Sobek-Swant,
S., Crosthwaite, J.C., Lyons, D.B. & Sinclair, B.J.
2018. Potential emerald ash borer distribution for Canadian
cities and North America: A mechanistic model. Biological Invasions 20:
2661-2711.
Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. 2018.
Repeated freezing induces a trade-off between cryoprotection
and egg production in the goldenrod gall fly, Eurosta
solidaginis. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb177956. Featured in Inside JEB. Ferguson, L.V., Kortet, R. & Sinclair,
B.J. 2018. Eco-immunology in the cold: the role of immunity in
shaping overwintering survival of ectotherms. Journal
of Experimental Biology 221: jeb163873 . Sinclair, B.J. & Marshall, K.E. (2018) The many roles of fats in overwintering insects. Journal of Experimental Biology 221:jeb161836. Des Marteaux, L.E., Stinziano, J.R. & Sinclair, B.J. (2018) Effects of cold acclimation on rectal macromorphology, ultrastructure, and cytoskeletal stability in Gryllus pennsylvanicus crickets. Journal of Insect Physiology 104: 15-24. Des Marteaux, L.E., Khazraeenia, S., Yerushalmi, G.Y., Donini, A., Li, N.G. & Sinclair, B.J. (2018) The effect of cold acclimation on active ion transport in cricket ionoregulatory tissues. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 216: 28-33. 2017 Ferguson, L.V. & Sinclair, B.J. (2017) Insect immunity varies idiosyncratically during overwintering. Journal of Experimental Zoology 327A: 222-234.
Newman, C., Toxopeus, J., Udaka, H., Ahn, S., Martynowicz, D., Graether, S., Sinclair, B.J. & Percival-Smith, A. (2017) CRISPR-induced null alleles show that Frost protects Drosophila melanogaster reproduction after cold exposure. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 3344-3354. Berzitis,
E.A., Hunter, K.A., Hager, H.A., Sinclair, B.J., Hallett, R.H.
& Newman, J.A. (2017) Winter warming effects on overwinter
survival, energy use, and spring emergence of Cerotoma
trifurcata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Agricultural
and Forest Entomology 19: 163-170. Des Marteaux, L.E., McKinnon, A. H, Udaka, H., Toxopeus, J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2017) Effects of cold-acclimation on gene expression in Fall field cricket ionoregulatory tissues. BMC Genomics 18: 357. Potvin,
C. et al. (65 other authors in alphabetical order, including
Sinclair, B.J.) (2017) Stimulating a Canadian narrative for
climate. FACETS
2: 131-149. Haupt, T.M., Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2017) Thermal preference and performance in a sub-Antarctic caterpillar: a test of the coadaptation hypothesis and its alternatives. Journal of Insect Physiology 98: 108-116. Salehipour-shirazi, G., Ferguson, L.V. & Sinclair, B.J. (2017) Does cold activate the Drosophila melanogaster immune system? Journal of Insect Physiology 96: 29-34. Jakobs, R., Ahmadi, B., Houben, S., Gariepy, T.D. & Sinclair, B.J. (2017) Cold tolerance of third-instar Drosophila suzukii larvae. Journal of Insect Physiology 96: 45-52.
2016 Toxopeus, J.,
Lebenzon, J.E., McKinnon, A.H & Sinclair, B.J. (2016)
Freeze tolerance of Cyphoderris monstrosa (Orthoptera:
Prophalangopsidae). The
Canadian Entomologist 148: 668-672. Koštál, V. & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Editorial overview: Global Change Biology – Linking pattern and process to prediction and policy. Current Opinion in Insect Science 17: iv-v. Sinclair, B.J., Marshall, K.E., Sewell, M.A., Levesque, D.L., Willett, C.S., Slotsbo, S., Dong, Y., Harley, C.D.G., Marshall, D.J., Helmuth, B.S. & Huey, R.B. (2016) Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures? Ecology Letters 19: 1372-1385. Sinclair, B.J.
(2016) Book Review: Big Questions about Organisms, a
review of Integrative Organismal Biology. Physiological
and Biochemical Zoology 89: 453-455. Kaunisto,
S., Ferguson, L.V. & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Can we predict
the effects of multiple stressors on insects in a changing
climate? Current
Opinion in Insect Science 17: 55-61. Anthony, S.E.,
Buddle, C.M. & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Thermal biology and
immersion tolerance of the Beringian pseudoscorpion Wyochernes
asiaticus. Polar
Biology 39: 1351-1355. MacMillan, H.A.,
Knee, J.M., Dennis, A.B., Udaka, H., Marshall, K.E., Merritt,
T.J.S. & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Cold acclimation wholly
reorganizes the Drosophila melanogaster
transcriptome and metabolome. Scientific
Reports 6: 28999. Ferguson, L.V.,
Heinrichs, D.E., & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Paradoxical
acclimation responses in the thermal performance of insect
immunity. Oecologia
181: 77-85. Des Marteaux, L.E.
& Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Ion and water balance in Gryllus
crickets during the first twelve hours of cold
exposure. Journal
of Insect Physiology 89: 19-27. Toxopeus, J.,
Jakobs, R., Ferguson, L.V., Gariepy, L.V. & Sinclair, B.J.
(2016)
Reproductive arrest and stress resistance in winter-acclimated
Drosophila suzukii. Journal
of Insect Physiology 89: 37-51. Madliger, C.L.,
Cooke, S.J., Crespi, E.J., Funk, J.L., Hultine, K.R., Hunt, KE.,
Rohr, J.E., Sinclair, B.J., Suski, C.D., Willis, C.K.R. &
Love, O.R. (2016) Success stories and emerging themes in
Conservation Physiology. Conservation
Physiology 4: cov057. Ahmadi, B.,
Moharramipour, S. & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Overwintering
biology of the carob moth Apomyelois ceratoniae
(Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). International
Journal of Pest management 62: 69-74. Haupt, T.M., Sinclair, B.J., Shaw, J.D. & Chown, S.L. (2016) Further support for thermal ecosystem engineering by wandering albatross on Marion Island. Antarctic Science 28: 35-43. Chown, S.L., Haupt, T.M. & Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Similar metabolic rate-temperature relationships after acclimation at constant and fluctuating temperatures in caterpillars of a sub-Antarctic moth. Journal of Insect Physiology 85: 10-16. 2015
Sinclair, B.J.
(2015) Linking energetics and overwintering in temperate
insects. Journal
of Thermal Biology 54: 5-11. Sinclair, B.J., Coello Alvarado, L.E., & Ferguson, L.V. (2015) An invitation to measure insect cold tolerance: methods, approaches, and workflow. Journal of Thermal Biology 53: 180-197. Dennis, A.B.,
Dunning, L.T., Sinclair, B.J. & Buckley, T.R. (2015)
Parallel molecular routes to cold adaptation in eight genera of
New Zealand stick insects. Scientific
Reports 5: 13695. Boychuk, E.C., Smiley, J.T., Dahlhoff, E.P., Bernards, M.A.,
Rank, N.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2015) Cold tolerance of the
montane Sierra leaf beetle, Chrysomela
aeneicollis. Journal
of Insect Physiology 81:
157-166. King, K.J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2015)
Water loss in tree weta (Hemideina): adaptation to the
montane environment and a test of the melanisation-desiccation
resistance hypothesis. Journal
of Experimental Biology 218: 1995-2004.
Featured in Inside
JEB. Marshall, K.E. &
Sinclair, B.J. (2015) New fat fuels frozen flies. Journal
of Student Science and Technology
8: 64-68. (invited
'Science from the Source' article) Jakobs, R., Gariepy,
T.D. & Sinclair, B.J. (2015) Adult plasticity of cold
tolerance in a continental-temperate population of Drosophila
suzukii. Journal
of Insect Physiology 79: 1-9. Coello Alvarado,
L.E., MacMillan, H.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2015)
Chill-tolerant Gryllus crickets maintain ion
balance at low temperatures. Journal
of Insect Physiology 77: 15-25. Williams,
C.M., Chick, W.D. & Sinclair, B.J. (2015) A cross-seasonal
perspective on local adaptation: Metabolic plasticity mediates
responses to winter in a thermal-generalist moth. Functional
Ecology 29: 549-561. (Cover article). Marshall, K.E. &
Sinclair, B.J. (2015) The relative importance of number,
duration, and intensity of cold stress events in
determining survival and energetics of an
overwintering insect.
Functional
Ecology 29: 357-366. Bulgarella,
M., Trewick, S.A., Godfrey, A.J.R., Sinclair, B.J. &
Morgan-Richards, M. (2015). Elevational variation in
adult body size and growth rate, but not in metabolic rate
in tree weta Hemideina crassidens. Journal
of Insect Physiology 75: 30-38. Williams,
C.M., Henry, H.A.L. & Sinclair, B.J. (2015) Cold truths:
how winter drives responses of terrestrial organisms to
climate change. Biological
Reviews 90: 214-235. Recommended
on Faculty of 1000. MacMillan, H.A.,
Ferguson, L.V., Nicolai, A., Donini, A., Staples, J.F. &
Sinclair, B.J. (2015) Parallel ionoregulatory adjustments
underlie phenotypic plasticity and evolution of Drosophila
cold tolerance. Journal
of Experimental Biology 218: 423-432. Stinziano, J.R., Sové, R.J., Rundle, H.D. & Sinclair, B.J.
(2015) Rapid desiccation hardening changes the cuticular
hydrocarbon profile of Drosophila melanogaster. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology A 180:
38-42
. Colinet, H., Sinclair, B.J., Vernon, P. & Renault, D. (2015) Insects in fluctuating thermal environments. Annual Review of Entomology 60: 123-140. 2014 Sinclair, B.J.
(2014) Editorial Overview: Insect Environmental
Physiology. Current
Opinion in Insect Science 4: ix-x. Sinclair,
B.J. (2014) Worrying about weird winters. Temperature
1: 18-19. Williams, C.M.,
Nicolai, A., Ferguson, L.V., Bernards, M.A., Hellmann, J.J.
& Sinclair, B.J. (2014) Cold hardiness and deacclimation
of overwintering Papilio zelicaon pupae.
Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology A 178, 51-58. Udaka, H. &
Sinclair, B.J. (2014) The overwintering biology of the acorn
weevil, Curculio glandium
in southwestern Ontario. Journal
of Thermal Biology 44,
103-109. Dunning, L.T.,
Dennis, A.B., Sinclair, B.J., Newcomb, R.D. & Buckley,
T.R. (2014) Divergent transcriptional responses to low
temperature among populations of alpine and lowland species of
New Zealand stick insects (Micrarchus). Molecular
Ecology 23: 2712-2726. Marshall,
K.E., Thomas, R.H., Roxin, A., Chen, E.K.Y., Brown, J.C.L.,
Gillies, E.R. & Sinclair, B.J. (2014) Seasonal accumulation
of acetylated triacylglycerols by a freeze tolerant insect. Journal of Experimental
Biology 217,
1580-1587 Featured in Inside
JEB. Dennis, A.B., Dunning, L.T., Dennis, C.J., Sinclair, B.J. & Buckley, T.R. (2014) Overwintering in New Zealand stick insects. New Zealand Entomologist 37, 35-44. Haupt, T.M., Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2014) Chemosensory and thermal cue responses in the sub-Antarctic moth Pringleophaga marioni: do caterpillars choose Wandering Albatross nest proxies? Polar Biology 37: 555-563. 2013 Dunning,
L.T., Dennis, A.B., Thomson, G., Sinclair, B.J., Newcomb, R.D.
& Buckley, T.R. (2013) Positive selection in glycolysis among
Australasian stick insects. BMC
Evolutionary Biology 13: 215. Sinclair,
B.J., Ferguson, L.V., Salehipour-shirazi, G. & MacMillan, H.A.
(2013) Cross-tolerance and cross-talk in the cold: relating low
temperatures to desiccation and immune stress in insects. Integrative
and Comparative Biology 53: 545-556. Udaka, H., Percival-Smith, A., & Sinclair, B.J. (2013) Increased abundance of Frost mRNA during recovery from cold stress is not essential for cold tolerance in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Molecular Biology 22: 541-550. Clarke, M.W., Thompson, G.J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2013) Cold tolerance of the Eastern Subterranean Termite, Reticulotermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), in Ontario. Environmental Entomology 42: 805-810. Lake,
S.L., MacMillan, H.A., Williams, C.M. & Sinclair, B.J. (2013)
Static and dynamic approaches yield similar estimates of the
thermal sensitivity of insect metabolism. Journal
of Insect Physiology 59: 761-766. Mitchell,
K.A., Sinclair, B.J. & Terblanche, J.S. (2013) Ontogenetic
variation in cold tolerance plasticity in Drosophila: is
the Bogert effect bogus? Naturwissenschaften
100: 281-284. Dunning,
L.T., Dennis, A.B., Duckchul, C.P., Sinclair, B.J., Newcomb, R.D.
& Buckley, T.R. (2013) Identification of cold-responsive
genes in a New Zealand alpine stick insect using RNA-Seq. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology D 8: 24-31. Sinclair,
B.J., Stinziano, J.R., Williams, C.M., MacMillan, H.A., Marshall,
K.E. & Storey, K.B. (2013) Real-time measurement of metabolic
rate during freezing and thawing of the wood frog, Rana
sylvatica: Implications for overwinter energy use.
Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 292-302.
Featured in Inside
JEB. MacMillan,
H.A., Williams, C.M., Staples, J.F. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012)
Reestablishment of ion homeostasis during chill-coma recovery in
the cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 109:
20750-20755. Sinclair, B.J., Williams, C.M. & Terblanche, J.S. (2012) Variation in thermal performance among insect populations. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 594-606. Tattersall,
G.J., Sinclair, B.J., Seebacher, F., Withers, P., Cooper, C.,
Fields, P. & Maloney, S. (2012) Coping with thermal
challenges: Physiological adaptations to environmental
temperatures. Comprehensive
Physiology 2: 2151-2202. Williams,
C.M., Hellmann, J.J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) Lepidopteran
species differ in susceptibility to winter warming. Climate
Research 53: 119-130. Ronges,
D., Walsh, J.P., Sinclair, B.J. & Stillman, J.H. (2012)
Changes in tolerance to extreme cold, membrane composition and the
cardiac transcriptome during the first day of thermal acclimation
in the porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes. Journal
of Experimental Biology 214: 1824-1836. Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) The impacts of repeated cold exposures on insects. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1607-1613. Williams, C.M., Marshall, K.E., MacMillan, H.A., Dzurisin, J.D.K., Hellmann, J.J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) Thermal variability increases the impact of autumnal warming and drives metabolic suppression in an overwintering butterfly. PLoS ONE 7: e34470. MacMillan, H.A., Williams, C.M., Staples, J.F. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) Metabolism and energy supply below the critical thermal minimum of a chill-susceptible insect. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1366-1372. Lalouette, L., Williams, C.M., Cottin, M., Sinclair, B.J. & Renault, D. (2012) Thermal biology of the alien ground beetle Merizodius soledadinus introduced to the Kerguelen Islands. Polar Biology 35: 509-517. Vermunt, B., Cuddington, K., Sobek-Swant, S., Crosthwaite, J.C., Lyons, D.B. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) Temperatures experienced by wood-boring beetles in the under-bark microclimate. Forest Ecology and Management 269: 149-157. Bing, X., Zhang, J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) A comparison of Frost expression among species and life stages of Drosophila. Insect Molecular Biology 21: 31-39. Sobek-Swant, S, Crosthwaite, J.C., Lyons, D.B. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) Could phenotypic plasticity limit an invasive species? Incomplete reversibility of mid-winter deacclimation in emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions 14: 115-125.Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2012) Threshold temperatures mediate the impact of reduced snow cover on overwintering freeze tolerant caterpillars. Naturwissenschaften 99: 33-41. 2011 Zhang, J., Marshall, K.E., Westwood, J.T., Clark, M.S. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) Divergent transcriptomic responses to repeated and single cold exposures in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 4021-4029. Ransberry, V.E., MacMillan, H.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011). The relationship between chill-coma onset and recovery at the extremes of the thermal window of Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84: 553-559. Williams, C.M., Thomas, R.H., MacMillan, H.A., Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) Triacylglyceride measurement in small quantities of homogenised insect tissue: comparisons and caveats. Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 1602-1613. Bokhorst, S., Huiskes, A., Convey, P., Sinclair, B.J., Lebouvier, M., Van de Vijver, B., & Wall, D.H. (2011) Passive warming methods in Antarctica: implications for climate change studies. Polar Biology 34: 1421-1435. Nyamukondiwa, C., Terblanche, J.S., Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) Basal cold- but not heat-tolerance constrains plasticity among Drosophila species (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1927-1938. Sobek, S., Rajamohan, A., Dillon, D., Cumming, R.C. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) High temperature tolerance and thermal plasticity in emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 13: 333-340. Boardman, L., Terblanche, J.S. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) Transmembrane ion distribution during recovery from freezing in the woolly bear caterpillar Pyrrharctia isabella (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 57: 1154-1162. Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) The sublethal effects of repeated freezing in the woolly bear caterpillar Pyrrharctia isabella. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 1205-1212. Featured on the Promega Connections Blog. Sinclair, B.J., Bretman, A, Tregenza, T., Tomkins, J.L. & Hosken, D.J. (2011) Metabolic rate does not decrease with starvation in Gryllus bimaculatus when changing fuel use is taken into account. Physiological Entomology 36: 84-89. MacMillan, H.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011). The role of the gut in insect chilling-injury: cold-induced disruption of osmoregulation in the fall field cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 726-734. Strachan, L.A., Tarnowski-Garner, H.E., Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) The evolution of cold tolerance in Drosophila larvae. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84: 43-53. Download supplementary material. Recommended on Faculty of 1000 Crosthwaite, J.C., Sobek, S., Lyons, D.B., Bernards, M.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) The overwintering physiology of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 166-173. MacAlpine, J.L.P., Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) The effects of CO2 and chronic cold exposure on fecundity of female Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 35-37. MacMillan, H.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2011) Mechanisms underlying insect chill-coma. Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 12-20. Lalouette, L., Williams, C.M., Hervant, F., Sinclair, B.J., Renault, D. (2011) Metabolic rate and oxidative stress in insects exposed to low temperature thermal fluctuations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 158: 229-234. 2010 Bazinet, A.L., Marshall, K.E., MacMillan, H.A., Williams, C.M. & Sinclair, B.J. (2010) Rapid changes in desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster are facilitated by changes in cuticular permeability. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 2006-2012. Chown, S.L. & Sinclair, B. J. (2010). The Macrophysiology of insect thermal limits. Pp. 191-223 In: Denlinger, D.L. and Lee, R.E., eds. Insect Low Temperature Biology. Cambridge University Press. Marshall, K.E. & Sinclair, B.J. (2010) Repeated stress exposure results in a survival-reproduction tradeoff in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 963-969. Williams, C.M., Pelini, S.L., Hellmann, J.J. & Sinclair, B.J. (2010) Intra-individual variation allows an explicit test of the hygric hypothesis for discontinuous gas exchange in insects. Biology Letters 6: 274-277. Sinclair, B.J. & Renault, D. (2010) Intracellular ice formation in insects: Unresolved after 50 years? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 155: 14-18. 2009
Sinclair, B.J., Gibbs, A.G., Lee, W.-K., Rajamohan, A., Roberts, S.P. & Socha, J.J. (2009). Syncrotron x-ray visualisation of ice formation in insects during lethal and non-lethal freezing. PLoS ONE 4: e8259. Pelini, S.L., Dzurisin, J.D.K., Prior, K.M., Williams, C.M., Marsico, T.D., Sinclair, B.J. & Hellmann, J.J. (2009) Translocation experiments with butterflies reveal limits to enhancement of poleward populations under climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 11160-11165. Recommended on Faculty of 1000 Rajamohan, A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2009) Hardening trumps acclimation in improving cold tolerance of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Physiological Entomology 34: 217-223. Yeates, G.W., Scott, M.B., Chown, S.L. & Sinclair, B.J. (2009) Changes in soil nematode populations indicate an annual life cycle at Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Pedobiologia 52: 375-386.
MacMillan, H.A., Guglielmo, G.G. & Sinclair, B.J. (2009) Membrane remodeling and glucose in Drosophila melanogaster: A test of rapid cold-hardening and chilling tolerance hypotheses. Journal of Insect Physiology 55: 243-249. MacMillan, H.A., Walsh, J.P. & Sinclair, B.J. (2009) The effects of selection for cold tolerance on cross tolerance to other environmental stressors in Drosophila melanogaster Meigen. Insect Science 16: 263-276. 2008 Chown, S.L., Sørensen, J.G. and Sinclair, B.J. (2008) Physiological variation and phenotypic plasticity – A response to Hawes and Bale. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 3353-3357. Scott, M.B., Dickinson, K.J.M., Barratt, B.I.P. & Sinclair, B.J. (2008) Temperature and moisture trends in non-sorted earth hummocks and stripes on the Old Man Range, New Zealand: Implications for mechanisms of maintenance. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 19: 305-314. Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J. & Jansen van Vuuren, B.J. (2008) DNA barcoding and the documentation of alien species establishment on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology31: 651-655. Rajamohan, A. & Sinclair, B.J. (2008) Short term hardening effects on survival of acute and chronic cold exposure by Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 708-718. Online data for this paper available here. Sinclair, B.J . & Rajamohan, A. (2008) Slow and stepped re-warming after acute low temperature exposure do not improve survival of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 306-311. 2007 Sinclair, B.J., Nelson, S., Nilson, T. L., Roberts, S.P. & Gibbs, A.G. (2007) The effect of selection for desiccation resistance on cold tolerance of Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological Entomology 32: 322-327. Sinclair, B.J., Gibbs, A.G. & Roberts, S.P. (2007) Gene transcription during exposure to, and recovery from, cold and desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 435-443. 2006 Nilson, T.L., Sinclair, B.J. & Roberts, S.P. (2006) The effects of carbon dioxide anesthesia and anoxia on rapid cold-hardening and chill coma recovery in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 1027-1033. Sinclair, B.J. & Stevens, M.I. (2006) Terrestrial microarthropods of Victoria Land and Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica: implications of climate change. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 3158-3170. Deere, J.A., Sinclair, B.J., Marshall, D.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerances in five oribatid mite species from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 693-700. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Caterpillars benefit from thermal ecosystem engineering by Wandering Albatrosses on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Biology Letters 2: 51-54. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Rapid cold-hardening in a Karoo beetle, Afrinus sp. Physiological Entomology 31: 98-101. Sinclair, B.J., Scott, M.B., Klok, C.J., Terblanche, J.S., Marshall, D.J., Reyers, B. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Determinants of terrestrial arthropod community composition at Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 18: 303-312. Sinclair, B.J. & Stevens, M.I. (2006) Terrestrial microarthropods of Victoria Land and Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica: implications of climate change. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 3158-3170. Sinclair, B.J., Terblanche, J.S., Scott, M.B., Blatch, G., Klok, C.J. & Chown, S.L. (2006) Environmental physiology of three species ofspringtail at Cape Hallett, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 29-50. 2005 Parr, C.L., Sinclair, B.J., Anderson, A.N., Gaston, K.J. & Chown, S.L. (2005) Constraint and competition in assemblages: across-continental and modelling approach for ants. American Naturalist 165: 481-494. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2005) Deleterious effects of repeated cold exposure in a sub-Antarctic caterpillar. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 869-879. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2005) Climatic variability and hemispheric differences in insect cold tolerance: Support from southern Africa. Functional Ecology 19: 214-221. Sinclair, B.J. & Roberts, S.P. (2005) Acclimation, shock and hardening in the cold. Journal of Thermal Biology 30: 557-562. Terblanche, J.S., Sinclair, B.J., Klok, C.J., McFarlane, M.L. & Chown, S.L. (2005) The effects of acclimation on thermal tolerance, desiccation resistance and metabolic rate in Chirodica chalcoptera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 51: 1013-1023. 2004 Chown, S.L., Sinclair, B.J., Leinaas, H.P. & Gaston, K.J. (2004) Hemispheric asymmetries in biodiversity – A serious matter for ecology. PLoS Biology 2: 1701-1707. Klok, C. J., Sinclair, B. J. & Chown, S.L. (2004) Upper thermal tolerance and oxygen-limitation in terrestrial arthropods. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 2361-2370. Nondula, N., Marshall, D.J., Baxter, R., Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2004) Life history and osmoregulatory ability of Telmatogeton amphibius (Chironomidae) at Marion Island. Polar Biology 27: 629-635. Sinclair, B.J., Klok, C.J & Chown, S.L. (2004) Metabolism of the sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga marioni during cooling, freezing and thawing. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 1287-1294. (Featured article) Sinclair, B.J., Marshall, D.J., Singh, S., & Chown, S.L. (2004) Cold tolerance of Littorinidae from Southern Africa: Intertidal snails are not constrained to freeze tolerance. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174: 617-624. Williams, C.M., Poulin, R. & Sinclair, B.J. (2004) Increased haemolymph osmolality suggests a new route for behavioural manipulation of Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae) by its mermithid parasite. Functional Ecology 18: 685-691. 2003 Sinclair, B.J., Klok, C.J., Scott, M.B., Terblanche, J.S. & Chown, S.L. (2003) Diurnal variation in supercooling points of three species of Collembola from Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Journal of Insect Physiology 49: 1049-1061. Sinclair, B.J., Vernon, P., Klok, C.J. & Chown, S.L. (2003) Insects at Low Temperatures: An Ecological Perspective. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 257-262. Sinclair, B.J., Addo-Bediako, A. & Chown, S.L. (2003) Climatic variability and the evolution of insect freeze tolerance. Biological Reviews 78: 181-195. Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2003) Rapid cold hardening responses to high temperature and desiccation, but not to low temperature in the freeze tolerant sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga marioni (Lepidoptera, Tineidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 49: 45-52. 2002 Sinclair, B.J. & Chown, S.L. (2002) Haemolymph osmolality and thermal hysteresis activity in 17 species of arthropods from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology 25: 928-933. Sinclair, B.J. (2002) Effects of increased temperatures simulating climate change on terrestrial invertebrates on Ross Island, Antarctica. Pedobiologia 46: 150-160. Sjursen, H. & Sinclair, B.J. (2002) On the cold hardiness of Stereotydeus mollis (Acari: Prostigmata) from Ross Island, Antarctica. Pedobiologia 46: 188-195. 2001 Sinclair, B.J. (2001) Biologically relevant environmental data: Macros to make the most of microclimate recordings. CryoLetters 22: 125-134.These macros have now been well-superceded by packages in R. I strongly recommend contacting Katie Marshall at the University of Oklahoma (although this paper still has value for other reasons) . Sinclair, B.J. (2001) Field Ecology of Freeze-Tolerance: Interannual variation in cooling rates, freeze-thaw and thermal stress in the microhabitat of the alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. Oikos 93: 286-293. Sinclair, B.J. (2001) On the distribution of Terrestrial invertebrates at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 24: 394-400. Sinclair, B.J., Lord, J.M. & Thompson, C.M. (2001) Microhabitat selection and seasonality of alpine invertebrates. Pedobiologia 45: 107-120. Sinclair, B.J. & Sjursen, H. (2001) Cold tolerance of the Antarctic springtail Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni (Collembola: Hypogastruridae). Antarctic Science 13: 271-279. Sinclair, B.J. & Sjursen, H. (2001) Terrestrial invertebrate abundance and habitat in Keble Valley, Ross Island, Antarctica. Pedobiologia 45: 134-145. 2000 Sinclair, B.J. (2000) Water relations of the freeze-tolerant New Zealand alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 46: 869-876. 1999 Sinclair, B.J. (1999) Insect cold tolerance: How many kinds of frozen? European Journal of Entomology 96: 157-164. Sinclair, B.J., Worland, M.R., & Wharton, D.A. (1999) Ice nucleation and freezing tolerance in New Zealand alpine and lowland weta, Hemideina spp. (Orthoptera; Stenopelmatidae). Physiological Entomology 24: 56-63. 1998 Block, W., Wharton, D.A. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Cold tolerance of a New Zealand alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Physiological Entomology 23 1-6. 1997 Sinclair, B.J. (1997) Seasonal variation in freezing tolerance of the New Zealand alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. Ecological Entomology 22: 462-467. Sinclair, B.J. & Wharton, D.A. (1997) Avoidance of Intracellular Freezing by the New Zealand Alpine Weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 43: 621-625. Worland, M.R., Sinclair, B.J. & Wharton, D.A. (1997) Ice nucleator activity in a New Zealand alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Cryo-Letters 18: 327-334.
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