Consequences of load carrying by birds during short flights are found to be behavioral and not energetic

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 1 52-1, 2002, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doubly labeled water; Energy expenditure; Mass loading; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FLIGHT; FLYING; MALE; MASS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TAENIOPGYGIA GUTTATA; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036333686     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00409.2001     Document Type: Article

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