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Table 1.

Newtonian cooling constants, k, for body segments ofEuglossa imperialis at three airspeeds

	k (s⁻¹)
Airspeed (m s⁻¹)	Thorax (N=13)	Abdomen (N=12)	Head (N=10)
0	0.009 (0.008-0.010)	0.017 (0.016-0.019)	0.022 (0.019-0.025)
1	0.015 (0.014-0.017)	0.031 (0.025-0.037)	0.042 (0.036-0.047)
2	0.019 (0.017-0.020)	0.039 (0.031-0.048)	0.068 (0.062-0.075)

	k (s⁻¹)
Airspeed (m s⁻¹)	Thorax (N=13)	Abdomen (N=12)	Head (N=10)
0	0.009 (0.008-0.010)	0.017 (0.016-0.019)	0.022 (0.019-0.025)
1	0.015 (0.014-0.017)	0.031 (0.025-0.037)	0.042 (0.036-0.047)
2	0.019 (0.017-0.020)	0.039 (0.031-0.048)	0.068 (0.062-0.075)

Values in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals for the means.