| comparative ecophysiology of cold-tolerance-related traits: assessing range expansion potential for an invasive insect at high latitude. | survival at high latitude requires the capability to cope with seasonally imposed stress, such as low winter temperatures or large temperature fluctuations. the colorado potato beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata, is an invasive pest of potato that has rapidly spread from low latitudes to higher latitudes. during the last 30 years, a decrease in range expansion speed is apparent in europe. we use a comparative approach to assess whether this could be due to an inability of l. decemlineata to cope ... | 2017 | 25860825 |