Comparative energetics of the giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-340

  Fernández, Maŕimatha José ^a,d   Dudley, Robert ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ALTITUDE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; SEA LEVEL; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; CHILE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

AVES; PATAGONA GIGAS; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955939297     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660084     Document Type: Article

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