The energetic cost of variations in wing span and wing asymmetry in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3977-3984

  Hambly, C ^a   Harper, E J ^b   Speakman, J R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flight cost; Kinematics; Labelled bicarbonate technique; Taeniopygia guttata; Wing asymmetry; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FINCH; FLYING; FORELIMB; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FINCHES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SODIUM BICARBONATE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WING;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 10344237598     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01235     Document Type: Article

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