Radiotelemetry of the Respiration of a Flying Duck
Abstract
Respirations of a flying wild mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, appear to be synchronized with wing beat in a ratio of 1 to 2. Wing beats come during exhalation and between respirations. The average number of respirations was 14 per minute for a resting duck and 96 per minute for a flying duck.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- July 1962
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.137.3523.39
- Bibcode:
- 1962Sci...137...39R