Hummingbird hovering performance in hyperoxic heliox: Effects of body mass and sex

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2745-2755

  Chai, Peng ^a   Harrykissoon, Rajesh ^a   Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Air density; Archilochus colubris; Body mass; Heliox; Hovering flight; Hummingbird; Hyperoxia; Muscle power; Oxygen consumption; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

HELIOX; HELIUM; OXYGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HELIUM; MALE; MUSCLES; OXYGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 2342511540     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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