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etween the sexes during the respiration<br />

ex~eriments.<br />

One might have expected a higher respiratory<br />

rate developed in species living in cold<br />

habitats close to glaciers (especially N. nivalis)<br />

than in species active mainly on warm<br />

and sunny days (Z. exulans). However, no<br />

good correlation seems to exist between the<br />

respiratory rate and the type of habitat preferred<br />

by different species.<br />

Experiments on the temperature preference<br />

of beetles. amonE " them N. nivalis and N.<br />

gyllenhali, living on the border of glaciers<br />

and snowfields, seemed to reveal a eurytherm<br />

preference (Krogerus 1960, 0stbye<br />

1963). As the optima of their preferred temperature<br />

ranges were around 5' to 20°C, they<br />

could be classified as 'cold-loving eurytherm'<br />

species.<br />

Scholander et al. (1953) found that terrestrial<br />

insects from arctic and tropical areas<br />

revealed little or no difference in oxygen<br />

consumption at the same temperatures. Only<br />

in the range of 10-20°C, the arctic species<br />

showed a somewhat higher respiration.<br />

Among aquatic organisms, however, arctic<br />

species showed a clear metabolic adaption to<br />

lower temperatures.<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

We wish to express our sincere gratitude to<br />

the late Mrs. Jadwiga Hagen for conscientiously<br />

performing most of the laboratory work,<br />

Mr. Dag Svalastog and Mr. Johan Schmidt<br />

for their laboratory work, Cand. real. Arne<br />

Hagen and Cand. real Hans-Jergen Skar for<br />

valuable advice, master mechanic Odvar<br />

Iversen for the construction of respirometers,<br />

and Mrs. Margaret Espeland for improving<br />

the English. This work is part of the Hardangervidda<br />

IBPIPT-UM project.<br />

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Received 14 March 1974

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