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Tracheal compression in pupae of the beetle Zophobas morio

Insects that are small or exhibit low metabolic rates are considered to not require active ventilation to augment diffusive gas exchange. Some pupae with low metabolic rates exhibit abdominal pumping, a behaviour that is known to drive tracheal ventilation in the adults of many species. However, pre...

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Pubblicato in:Biol Lett
Autori principali: Pendar, Hodjat, Kenny, Melissa C., Socha, John J.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528475/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085499
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0259
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