Heart and respiratory rates and their significance for convective oxygen transport rates in the smallest mammal, the etruscan shrew suncus etruscus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2579-2584

  Jürgens, Klaus D ^a   Fons, Roger ^b   Peters, Thomas ^a   Sender, Susanne ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Etruscan shrew; Heart rate; Insectivore; Laser autofocus; Oxygen transport; Respiratory rate; Suncus etruscus; Symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHREW;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; SHREWS;

EID: 0343711164     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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