What it takes to fly: The structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3045-3064

  Maina, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bat; Bird; Blood; Flight; Haematocrit; Hypoxia; Lung; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; BAT; BIRD; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LUNG; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033751886     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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