Uncinate process length in birds scales with resting metabolic rate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tickle, Peter ^a   Nudds, Robert ^a   Codd, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; LOCOMOTION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; REST;

AVES;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; ORGAN SIZE; REST;

EID: 66349128962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005667     Document Type: Article

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