The evolutionary physiology of animal flight: Paleobiological and present perspectives

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2000, Pages 135-155

  Dudley, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gigantism; Hyperoxia; Insect; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BAT; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLYING; HYPEROXIA; INSECT; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE;

EID: 0033859583     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.62.1.135     Document Type: Review

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