title: Thermodynamic aspects of development for Tenebrio molitor L.
abstract: Predictions of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes are tested for the development and aging of an insect. Specific heat production and specific respiration rate decrease towards a steady state with deviations for the time of hatching of the imago.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D013712:Tenebrio / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics