Why insect energy budgets do not balance
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J. A. Wightman
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Article
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1981
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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(1) Energy budgets are based upon the equation: C=P+R+FU, where C=consumption, P=production, R=respiration and FU=egesta. In studies of insect energetics, where all four parameters have been measured, the completed budget rarely balances. This can often be traced to inaccuracy in the R term which, w