Does the metabolic rate-flight speed relationship vary among geometrically similar birds of different mass?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1075-1083

  Bundle, Matthew W ^a,b   Hansen, Kacia S ^a   Dial, Kenneth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird flight; Metabolic rate; Power curve

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FLYING; FORELIMB; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 34247540871     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02727     Document Type: Article

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