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How bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas
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posted on 2023-05-19, 06:30 authored by Scott, GR, Hawkes, LA, Peter FrappellPeter Frappell, Butler, PJ, Bishop, CM, Milsom, WKBar-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.
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Publication title
PhysiologyVolume
30Pagination
107-115ISSN
1548-9213Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
American Physiological SocietyPlace of publication
United StatesRights statement
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