Metabolic costs of avian flight in relation to flight velocity: A study in Rose Coloured Starlings (Sturnus roseus, Linnaeus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-427

  Engel, Sophia ^a,b   Biebach, Herbert ^a   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DLW; Endurance flight; Energy metabolism; Power curve; Wing beat frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; STARLINGS;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS ROSEUS;

EID: 33744476720     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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