Citation:

Ivo Hodek. 1983. Role of environmental factors and endogenous mechanisms in the seasonality of reproduction in insects diapausing as adults. Pages 9-33. In: Valerie K Brown, Ivo Hodek (editors). 1983. Diapause and Life Cycle Strategies in Insects. Series Entomologica, Volume 23, Dr W Junk, The Hague, 283 pages.

Keywords: multiple pathways of diapause completion, diapause development under natural conditions, diapause development under constant laboratory conditions, oviposition delay, photoperiod, ovaries, environmental impact on diapause development, changing temperature requirements, interaction of temperature and photoperiod, tachytelic completion of diapause, tachytelic processes enhanced by photoperiod, tachtelic processes enhanced by absorbed radiation, role of food, stimulation by body damage, graphical representation of possible methods of diapause completion, diapause dependent and independent photoperiodic responses, diapause-dependent photoperiodic response, diapause-independent recurrent photoperiodic response