Aerobic capacity and running performance across a 1.6 km altitude difference in two sciurid rodents

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-619

  Chappell, Mark A ^a   Dlugosz, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Altitude; Hypoxia; Locomotion; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; TAMIAS MINIMUS;

EID: 62849111352     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025775     Document Type: Article

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