Optimal diving behaviour and respiratory gas exchange in birds

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 268-283

  Halsey, Lewis G ^a   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds, diving, behaviour, physiology; Optimality, optimal models, optimal foraging, testing models; Respiration, gas exchange, oxygen stores, carbon dioxide stores, buoyancy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; DIVING; DUCK; ENERGY COST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOWL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TIME; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; DIVING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 33748421868     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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