The roller coaster flight strategy of bar-headed geese conserves energy during Himalayan migrations

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6219, 2015, Pages 250-254

  Bishop, C M ^a   Spivey, R J ^a   Hawkes, L A ^a,l   Batbayar, N ^b   Chua, B ^c   Frappell, P B ^d   Milsom, W K ^c   Natsagdorj, T ^e   Newman, S H ^f   Scott, G R ^g   Takekawa, J Y ^h   Wikelski, M ^i,j   Butler, P J ^k  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mongolian Academy of Science   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^f FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OROGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATERFOWL;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLIGHT; GOOSE; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

HIMALAYAS;

ANSER INDICUS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEESE; HEART RATE; TIBET; WING;

EID: 84922481428     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1258732     Document Type: Article

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