Differences in metabolic costs of terrestrial mobility in two closely related species of albatross

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2851-2858

  Kabat, Alexander P ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Croxall, John P ^b,c   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of locomotion; Energetics; Gait analysis; Metabolic rate; Procellariiform; Thalassarche chrysostoma; Thalassarche melanophrys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 34548602008     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001230     Document Type: Article

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