Respiration and energetics of embryonic development in a large altricial bird, the Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2925-2933

  Pearson, James T ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^a   Baudinette, Russell V ^a   Runciman, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australian pelican; Development; Egg; Embryo; Pelecanus conspicillatus; Respiration

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MORPHOGENESIS; OVUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PELECANIDAE; PELECANIFORMES; PELECANUS; PELECANUS CONSPICILLATUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036748406     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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