Have wing morphology or flight kinematics evolved for extreme high altitude migration in the bar-headed goose?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-331

  Lee, Stella Y ^a   Scott, Graham R ^a   Milsom, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anseriformes; Birds; Hypoxia adaptation; Phylogenetically independent contrasts

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; GOOSE; KINEMATICS; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANSER; ANSER INDICUS; ANSERIFORMES; AVES;

EID: 55549118202     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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