Flying high: A theoretical analysis of the factors limiting exercise performance in birds at altitude

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 284-301

  Scott, Graham R ^a   Milsom, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Blood; Comparative physiology; Control of breathing; Diffusing capacity; Exercise; Gas exchange; Haemoglobin; Hypoxic responses; Mathematical; Models

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOHR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD AIR; EXERCISE; FLIGHT; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FLYING; HEART OUTPUT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HILL REACTION; HYPOXIA; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 33750621214     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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