Energy expenditure during flight in relation to body mass: Effects of natural increases in mass and artificial load in Rose Coloured Starlings

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 767-777

  Schmidt Wellenburg, Carola A ^a   Engel, Sophia ^a   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bird flight; Body mass; Flight costs; Harness; Load

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STARLING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STARLINGS; WING;

AVES; HARNESS; STURNIDAE; STURNUS ROSEUS;

EID: 48249122352     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0267-7     Document Type: Article

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