How Bar-Headed Geese Fly Over the Himalayas

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 o...

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Published in:Physiology (Bethesda)
Main Authors: Scott, Graham R., Hawkes, Lucy A., Frappell, Peter B., Butler, Patrick J., Bishop, Charles M., Milsom, William K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Physiological Society 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346704/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25729056
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00050.2014
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