AREA TO VOLUME LIMITATIONS. “Flying insects should be particularly susceptible to variations in atmospheric pO2 because their flight musculature has high energy demands, particularly during periods of active flight. The volume occupied by tracheae, tubes that transport oxygen throughout the body, scales hypermetrically with body volume, imposing further surface area-to-volume constraints on maximum size.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022