Energy expenditure and wing beat frequency in relation to body mass in free flying Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)

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

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-337

  Schmidt Wellenburg, Carola A ^a   Biebach, Herbert ^a   Daan, Serge ^b   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bird flight; Body mass; Energy expenditure; Migration; Wing beat frequency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SWALLOWS; WING;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 33947500637     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0132-5     Document Type: Article

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