Respiratory water loss during rest and flight in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-432

  Engel, Sophia ^a,b   Suthers, Roderick A ^c   Biebach, Herbert ^a   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Bird flight; European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris); Exhaled air temperature; Respiratory airflow; Respiratory frequency; Respiratory water loss; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPIRED AIR; FLIGHT; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REST; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS; TIDAL VOLUME; WATER LOSS;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33751021103     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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