Maximum running speed of captive bar-headed geese is unaffected by severe hypoxia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Hawkes, Lucy A ^a,g   Butler, Patrick J ^b   Frappell, Peter B ^c   Meir, Jessica U ^d   Milsom, William K ^e   Scott, Graham R ^f   Bishop, Charles M ^g  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ACCELERATION; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAR HEADED GEESE; BARNACLE GEESE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; GOOSE; HEART RATE; HYPOXIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; RUNNING; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; FLYING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEESE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING;

EID: 84899431907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094015     Document Type: Article

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