Why Do Insects Close Their Spiracles? A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of the Adaptive Hypothesis of Discontinuous Gas Exchange in Insects

The earliest description of the discontinuous gas exchange cycle (DGC) in lepidopterous insects supported the hypothesis that the DGC serves to reduce water loss (hygric hypothesis) and facilitate gaseous exchange in hyperoxia/hypoxia (chthonic hypothesis). With technological advances, other insect...

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Principais autores:	Seun O. Oladipupo, Alan E. Wilson, Xing Ping Hu, Arthur G. Appel
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	MDPI AG 2022-01-01
coleção:	Insects
Assuntos:	gas pattern \({{\overset{.}{V}}_{CO_{2}} }\) metabolic rate DGE DGC hygric
Acesso em linha:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/117
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