Physiological strategies of oxygen transport in high altitude bird embryos

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-37

  Leon Velarde F ^a   Monge, C ^a   Carey, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian eggs; Bird embryos; Coot; Duck; Eggshell conductance; High altitude birds; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; FOWL; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031239048     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00373-8     Document Type: Review

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