Bird hematocrits: Effects of high altitude and strength of flight

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1975, Pages 415-417

  Carpenter, F Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

avian physiology; blood; flight physiology; Hematocrit; high altitude physiology

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; BIRD; FLIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; BIRDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0016436694     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(75)90035-3     Document Type: Article

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1. Anticoagulation centrifugation time and sample replicate number in the microhematocrit method for avian blood
2. Comparative physiology in high altitudes
3. Variations in the hemoglobin concentrations of Great Basin rodents
4. Effects of season, temperature and activity on some blood parameters of feral house mice (Mus musculus)
5. Circulation