Transport of Water Vapor by Tenebrionid Beetles. I. Kinetics
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Physiological Zoology
- Vol. 52 (1) , 67-87
- https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.52.1.30159933
Abstract
Larvae of two species of tenebrionid beetles from the Namib Desert are capable of absorbing water vapor from subsaturated air. Absorption does not take place during ecdysis but begins 2 days following ecdysis. Absorption is dependent on relative humidity and not vapor pressure deficit.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: