Raising the sauropod neck: It costs more to get less

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-319

  Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Circulation; Dinosaur; Feeding height; Neck; Sauropod

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCULATION; DINOSAUR; ENERGY COST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART WORK; METABOLIC RATE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUROPOD;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 67649099729     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0096     Document Type: Note

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