Constraint lines and performance envelopes in behavioral physiology: The case of the aerobic dive limit

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 SEP, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Horning, Markus ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Constraint line; Distribution boundary; Dive response; Edge effect; Oxygen debt; Performance envelope; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867113249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00381     Document Type: Article

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