Interplay between the morphometry of the lungs and the mode of locomotion in birds and mammals

Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-201

  Figueroa, Daniela ^a   Olivares, Ricardo ^a   Salaberry, Michel ^b   Sabat, Pablo ^b,c   Canals, Mauricio ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity; Flight; Lungs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLYING; GALLIFORMES; LOCOMOTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RUNNING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

EID: 36148951723     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602007000200010     Document Type: Article

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