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Comparing the Processes of Osmoregulation and Nitrogenous Excretion Between Insects and Mammals. Due to the unforgiving nature of the natural environment
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Comparing the Processes of Osmoregulation and Nitrogenous Excretion Between Insects and Mammals. Due to the unforgiving nature of the natural environment, animals have had to develop ways to survive in many different climatic conditions. These evolutionary transformations have given rise to a variety of ways in which animals attempt to maintain homeostasis. Two major means of achieving this is through osmoregulation and nitrogenous excretion. A condition that can be problematic for terrestrial mammals and insects is desiccation. This is the drying process where moisture is removed from an organism. Desiccation can be particularly bad when the environmental temperature is high and there is little moisture in the air. This is because 'dryer air leads to a greater saturation deficit, which is where there is a difference in the vapour pressure (the pressure applied by a vapour, whilst in equilibrium with the liquid or solid form of the same substance - increases with...
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