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. 1973 Dec;13(4):397-401.
doi: 10.1007/BF01825528.

Energy extraction efficiency in some chosen insects

T J Pandian  1 , M R Delvi  1
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Energy extraction efficiency in some chosen insects

T J Pandian et al. Oecologia. 1973 Dec.

Abstract

The termsenergy extraction efficiency andabsorption/assimilation efficiency are defined. The grasshopperPoecilocerus pictus extracts 15 or 27% energy contained in the food plantCalotropis gigantea, when the test animals were fed from hatching to death at 26 or 36°C. The energy extraction efficiency of some insects (Bombyx andHyalophora: terrestrial herbovores;Pyrrhosoma: aquatic carnivore) is about 7%, though their assimilation efficiency ranges from 42 to 97%. High ash content of food organisms deviates the energy extraction efficiency inPyrrhosoma and the aquatic dipteran herbivoreHedriodiscus.

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