Developmental allometry of pulmonary structure and function in the altricial Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2663-2669

  Seymour, Roger S ^a   Runciman, Sue ^b   Baudinette, Russell V ^a   Pearson, James T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird; Development; Diffusing capacity; Juvenile; Lung; Morphometry; Respiration; Symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOMETRICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS; PELECANUS CONSPICILLATUS;

EID: 3542995129     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01071     Document Type: Article

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