Consequences of load carrying by birds during short flights are found to be behavioral and not energetic.

Nudds, Robert L

Consequences of load carrying by birds during short flights are found to be behavioral and not energetic. [electronic resource] - American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Jul 2002 - R249-56 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0363-6119

10.1152/ajpregu.00409.2001 doi


Acceleration
Animals
Behavior, Animal--physiology
Body Weight
Energy Metabolism--physiology
Flight, Animal--physiology
Male
Songbirds--physiology
Time Factors
Weight-Bearing--physiology