INVESTIGADORES
GUERENSTEIN Pablo Gustavo
artículos
Título:
Roles and effects of environmental carbon dioxide in insect life.
Autor/es:
GUERENSTEIN P.G.; HILDEBRAND J.G.
Revista:
ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY
Editorial:
ANNUAL REVIEWS
Referencias:
Lugar: Palo Alto, California; Año: 2008 vol. 53 p. 161 - 178
ISSN:
0066-4170
Resumen:
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a ubiquitous sensory cue that plays multiple
roles in insect behavior. In recent years understanding of the
well-known role of CO2 in foraging by hematophagous insects (e.g.,
mosquitoes) has grown, and research on the roles of CO2 cues in
the foraging and oviposition behavior of phytophagous insects and
in behavior of social insects has stimulated interest in this area of
insect sensory biology. This review considers those advances, as well
as some of the mechanistic bases of the modulation of behavior by
CO2 and important progress in our understanding of the detection
and CNS processing of CO2 information in insects. Finally, this review
briefly addresses how the ongoing increase in atmosphericCO2
levels may affect insect life.