How Bar-Headed Geese Fly Over the Himalayas
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In: Physiology, Vol. 30, No. 2, 01.03.2015, p. 107-115.
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T1 - How Bar-Headed Geese Fly Over the Himalayas
AU - Scott, G.R.
AU - Hawkes, L.A.
AU - Frappell, P.B.
AU - Butler, P.J.
AU - Bishop, C.M.
AU - Milsom, W.K.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1152/physiol.00050.2014
DO - 10.1152/physiol.00050.2014
M3 - Article
VL - 30
SP - 107
EP - 115
JO - Physiology
JF - Physiology
SN - 1548-9213
IS - 2
ER -