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How bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas
Citation
Scott, GR and Hawkes, LA and Frappell, PB and Butler, PJ and Bishop, CM and Milsom, WK, How bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas, Physiology, 30, (2) pp. 107-115. ISSN 1548-9213 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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© 2015 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am Physiol. Soc.
DOI: doi:10.1152/physiol.00050.2014
Abstract
Bar-headed geese cross the Himalayas on one of the most iconic high-altitude migrations in the world. Heart rates and metabolic costs of flight increase with elevation and can be near maximal during steep climbs. Their ability to sustain the high oxygen demands of flight in air that is exceedingly oxygen-thin depends on the unique cardiorespiratory physiology of birds in general along with several evolved specializations across the O2 transport cascade.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Zoology |
| Research Field: | Animal physiology - biophysics |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Frappell, PB (Professor Peter Frappell) |
| ID Code: | 117860 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 71 |
| Deposited By: | Zoology |
| Deposited On: | 2017-06-28 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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