TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical PO2 is size-independent in insects
T2 - Implications for the metabolic theory of ecology
AU - Harrison, Jon
AU - Klok, C. J.
AU - Waters, James S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by NSF IOS 1256745 and NSF IOS 1122157 . The manuscript was greatly improved by comments from an anonymous reviewer and the issue editor.
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© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - Insects, and all animals, exhibit hypometric scaling of metabolic rate, with larger species having lower mass-specific metabolic rates. The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) is based on models ascribing hypometric scaling of metabolic rate to constrained O2 supply systems in larger animals. We compiled critical PO2 of metabolic and growth rates for more than 40 insect species with a size range spanning four orders of magnitude. Critical PO2 values vary from far below 21 kPa for resting animals to near 21 kPa for growing or flying animals and are size-independent, demonstrating that supply capacity matches oxygen demand. These data suggest that hypometric scaling of resting metabolic rate in insects is not driven by constraints on oxygen availability.
AB - Insects, and all animals, exhibit hypometric scaling of metabolic rate, with larger species having lower mass-specific metabolic rates. The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) is based on models ascribing hypometric scaling of metabolic rate to constrained O2 supply systems in larger animals. We compiled critical PO2 of metabolic and growth rates for more than 40 insect species with a size range spanning four orders of magnitude. Critical PO2 values vary from far below 21 kPa for resting animals to near 21 kPa for growing or flying animals and are size-independent, demonstrating that supply capacity matches oxygen demand. These data suggest that hypometric scaling of resting metabolic rate in insects is not driven by constraints on oxygen availability.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cois.2014.08.012
DO - 10.1016/j.cois.2014.08.012
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85027932548
SN - 2214-5745
VL - 4
SP - 54
EP - 59
JO - Current Opinion in Insect Science
JF - Current Opinion in Insect Science
IS - 1
ER -