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Ventilation in Active and in Inactive Insects

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Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods

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The concept that insect respiration depends only on diffusion supplemented in larger species by ventilation is in need of an overhaul: the situation is much more complex. For example, ventilation appears in a variety of forms, and diffusion probably does not play the dominant role hitherto assigned to it. The insect respiratory system displays much refinement in its control systems, and there is a diversity of mechanisms which allows different species to inhabit environments ranging from the wettest to the driest, and to change abruptly from low rates to high rates of metabolism.

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Miller, P.L. (1981). Ventilation in Active and in Inactive Insects. In: Herreid, C.F., Fourtner, C.R. (eds) Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4064-5_14

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