Thermal tolerance of insects

This dataset contains data on the thermal tolerance breadth of some insect species, the critical maximum data, the critical minimum data, as well as the latitude and longitude of sampling, and the time of the study. Temperature is one of the most important factors affecting the reproduction and geographical distribution of organisms. Insects are metazoans, and metazoans are significantly affected by changes in temperature. Thermal tolerance usually refers to the range of temperatures in which an organism can survive. With the change of global temperature, the studies on thermal tolerance of metazoans, such as bees, flies and ants, have gradually increased in recent years. Therefore, this dataset collates the thermal tolerance breadth (critical maximum data minus critical minimum data) of insects.

This dataset was searched on 11 February 2024 by Buke Zhang, School of Biology, University of Aberdeen. A search was performed in Google Scholar using the search terms insects, thermal tolerance, and insect thermal tolerance. The retrieved literatures were filtered to study insect thermal tolerance, which in turn was filtered to literatures that provided critical maximum data, critical minimum data, and/or thermal tolerance breadth. Finally the raw data provided in the literatures were used for calculations and collation.

In the dataset,

Species: a binomial name for insect species.

Accepted species name: The accepted species name as searched on the GIBF website. \ means the corresponding accepted species name was not found.

Thermal tolerance breadth:Critical maximum data minus critical minimum data. This data is calculated using critical maximum data minus critical minimum data if it is not provided in the original literature. - means that CTmax or CTmin data are missing and could not be calculated.

CTmin:Critical minimum data. * means that no data were provided in the original literature.

CTmax:Critical maximum data. * means that no data were provided in the original literature.

Latitude and longitude: sampling locations provided in the literature. \ means that no data were provided in the original literature.

Year of study: it was obtained from the data provided in the literature and when the literature was published. \ means that no data were provided in the original literature.

Reference list

Bishop, T.R., Robertson, M.P., Van Rensburg, B.J. and Parr, C.L. (2016). Coping with the cold: minimum temperatures and thermal tolerances dominate the ecology of mountain ants. Ecological Entomology, 42(2), pp.105–114. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12364.

Hoffmann, A.A., Chown, S.L. and Clusella-Trullas, S. (2012). Upper thermal limits in terrestrial ectotherms: how constrained are they? Functional Ecology, 27(4), pp.934–949. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02036.x.

Jaramillo, J., Chabi-Olaye, A., Kamonjo, C., Jaramillo, A., Vega, F.E., Poehling, H.-M. and Borgemeister, C. (2009). Thermal Tolerance of the Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei: Predictions of Climate Change Impact on a Tropical Insect Pest. PLoS ONE, 4(8), p.e6487. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006487.

Käfer, H., Kovac, H., Simov, N., Battisti, A., Erregger, B., Schmidt, A.K.D. and Stabentheiner, A. (2020). Temperature Tolerance and Thermal Environment of European Seed Bugs. Insects, 11(3), p.197. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030197.

Lancaster, L.T. (2016). Widespread range expansions shape latitudinal variation in insect thermal limits. Nature Climate Change, 6(6), pp.618–621. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2945.

Preston, D.B. and Johnson, S.G. (2020). Generalist grasshoppers from thermally variable sites do not have higher thermal tolerance than grasshoppers from thermally stable sites - A study of five populations. Journal of Thermal Biology, 88, p.102527. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102527.

Stevens, M.M., Jackson, S., Bester, S.A., Terblanche, J.S. and Chown, S.L. (2010). Oxygen limitation and thermal tolerance in two terrestrial arthropod species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(13), pp.2209–2218. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.040170.

本数据集涵盖部分昆虫物种的热耐受广度、临界高温数据、临界低温数据，以及采样经纬度与研究年份。温度是影响生物繁殖与地理分布的核心环境因子之一。昆虫属于后生动物（metazoans），其生存与活动极易受温度变化的显著影响。热耐受通常指生物可存活的温度区间。随着全球温度变化，近年来针对蜜蜂、蝇类、蚁类等后生动物热耐受特性的研究逐年增多。因此，本数据集整理了昆虫的热耐受广度——即临界高温与临界低温的差值。

本数据集由阿伯丁大学生物学院的张卜克于2024年2月11日检索整理。检索过程基于Google Scholar，检索词为「insects」「thermal tolerance」及「insect thermal tolerance」。首先筛选出聚焦昆虫热耐受特性的文献，再进一步筛选出包含临界高温数据、临界低温数据或热耐受广度的文献，最终提取文献中的原始数据进行计算与整理。

数据集字段说明如下：
1. 物种（Species）：昆虫物种的二项式学名。
2. 确认物种名（Accepted species name）：通过GIBF网站检索得到的官方认可物种名，反斜杠「」表示未找到对应的确认物种名。
3. 热耐受广度（Thermal tolerance breadth）：临界高温与临界低温的差值。若原始文献未直接提供该数据，则通过临界高温减去临界低温计算得到；若缺失临界高温（CTmax, Critical maximum data）或临界低温（CTmin, Critical minimum data）数据，则以短横线「-」表示无法计算。
4. 临界低温（CTmin, Critical minimum data）：即临界低温数据，星号「*」表示原始文献未提供相关数据。
5. 临界高温（CTmax, Critical maximum data）：即临界高温数据，星号「*」表示原始文献未提供相关数据。
6. 经纬度（Latitude and longitude）：文献中记录的采样地点坐标，反斜杠「」表示原始文献未提供相关数据。
7. 研究年份（Year of study）：从文献提供的数据或文献发表年份中提取得到，反斜杠「」表示原始文献未提供相关数据。

参考文献：
1. Bishop, T.R., Robertson, M.P., Van Rensburg, B.J. and Parr, C.L. (2016). 应对低温：最低温度与热耐受主导山地蚂蚁的生态特征. 生态昆虫学（Ecological Entomology）, 42(2), pp.105–114. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12364.
2. Hoffmann, A.A., Chown, S.L. and Clusella-Trullas, S. (2012). 陆生变温动物的高温上限：受限程度几何？. 功能生态学（Functional Ecology）, 27(4), pp.934–949. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02036.x.
3. Jaramillo, J., Chabi-Olaye, A., Kamonjo, C., Jaramillo, A., Vega, F.E., Poehling, H.-M. and Borgemeister, C. (2009). 咖啡果小蠹（Hypothenemus hampei）的热耐受特性：气候变化对热带昆虫害虫的影响预测. 公共科学图书馆·综合（PLoS ONE）, 4(8), p.e6487. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006487.
4. Käfer, H., Kovac, H., Simov, N., Battisti, A., Erregger, B., Schmidt, A.K.D. and Stabentheiner, A. (2020). 欧洲种子蝽的温度耐受与热环境. 昆虫（Insects）, 11(3), p.197. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030197.
5. Lancaster, L.T. (2016). 种群广泛扩张塑造昆虫热耐受限度的纬度变异. 自然·气候变化（Nature Climate Change）, 6(6), pp.618–621. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2945.
6. Preston, D.B. and Johnson, S.G. (2020). 热波动生境的广食性蝗虫热耐受未高于热稳定生境蝗虫——基于5个种群的研究. 热生物学杂志（Journal of Thermal Biology）, 88, p.102527. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102527.
7. Stevens, M.M., Jackson, S., Bester, S.A., Terblanche, J.S. and Chown, S.L. (2010). 两种陆生节肢动物的氧限制与热耐受特性. 实验生物学杂志（Journal of Experimental Biology）, 213(13), pp.2209–2218. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.040170.