[The lifespan and Rubner constant at different temperatures in Drosophila melanogaster]

According to the Rubner's hypothesis, the total amount of oxygen consumed during life is constant for animals. This value is designated as the Rubner constant. Experimental data on the energetic exchange and life span in D. melanogaster allowed to conclude that the total oxygen consumption during the imaginal stage and during the whole ontogeny was not constant and changed under the influence of environmental temperature factor.