Power and metabolic scope of bird flight: A phylogenetic analysis of biomechanical predictions

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Hedenström, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bird flight energy cost; Metabolic scope; Phylogenetic contrasts; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY MASS; FLYING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY MASS INDEX; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 46649109513     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0345-z     Document Type: Article

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