The energetic cost of short flights in birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1561-1572

  Nudds, Robert L ^a,b   Bryant, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Doubly labelled water; Energy expenditure; Flight; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; SONGBIRDS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0034044644     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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