Bishop, Charles

Butler, Patrick

Ward, Sally

Woakes, Anthony

Experimental data on the relationship between mean heart rate (f(H)) and mean rate of oxygen consumption (V) over dot O-2 of captive barnacle geese during flights in a wind tunnel are assessed in terms of their capacity to predict the typical (V) over dot O-2 of wild barnacle geese, based on the recordings of their f(H), while undertaking autumn migratory flights between Spitsbergen (78degreesN) and Caerlaverock, Scotland (55degreesN). A significant linear relationship has been demonstrated between the f(H) and simultaneously recorded (V) over dot O-2 of a single barnacle goose (B-B) flying in the wind tunnel (V) over dot O-2 = 1.42 f(H) - 304, r(2)=0.82, 

The energetics of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) flying in captive and wild conditions

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