How bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas

Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-115

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; GOOSE; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEESE; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84924056093     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00050.2014     Document Type: Review

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