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book Ecology: Concepts and Applications 4th Edition by Manual Molles cover

Ecology: Concepts and Applications 4th Edition by Manual Molles

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0073050829
book Ecology: Concepts and Applications 4th Edition by Manual Molles cover

Ecology: Concepts and Applications 4th Edition by Manual Molles

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0073050829
Exercise 4
Compare the water budgets of the tenebrionid beetle, Onymacris, and the kangaroo rat, Dipodomys, shown in figures 5.9 and 5.10. Which of these two species obtains most of its water from metabolic water? Which relies most on condensation of fog as a water source? In which species do you see greater losses of water through the urine?
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Terrestrial animals maintain water level...

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