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Resolution of a paradox: Hummingbird flight at high elevation does not come without a cost

Flight at high elevation is energetically demanding because of parallel reductions in air density and oxygen availability. The hovering flight of hummingbirds is one of the most energetically expensive forms of animal locomotion, but hummingbirds are nonetheless abundant at high elevations throughou...

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Главные авторы: Altshuler, Douglas L., Dudley, Robert, McGuire, Jimmy A.
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: National Academy of Sciences 2004
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Online-ссылка:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC539726/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15598748
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0405260101
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