The metabolic power requirements of flight and estimations of flight muscle efficiency in the cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2788-2796

  Morris, Charlotte R ^a   Nelson, Frank E ^b   Askew, Graham N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Metabolic; Power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COCKATOO; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIROMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COCKATOOS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SPIROMETRY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

ANIMALIA; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS;

EID: 77955646487     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.035717     Document Type: Article

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