The maximum oxygen consumption and aerobic scope of birds and mammals: Getting to the heart of the matter

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2275-2281

  Bishop, Charles M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic scope; Birds; Heart mass; Mammals; Oxygen consumption; Scaling

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY MASS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033596098     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0919     Document Type: Article

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