Aerobic performance in tinamous is limited by their small heart ... | 台北市立動物園資訊網

由JAltimiras著作·2017·被引用12次—Theflightperformanceintinamousishighlyconditionedbytheirsmallheartandthiscouldexplainwhytinamousavoidflyingasmuchas ...

Adult Ornate Tinamous Nothoprocta ornata for the physiological experiments were born in captivity from a founding group of captured wild birds or artificially incubated wild eggs obtained in the surroundings of the town of Qurpa, Bolivia (3800 meters above sea level). Animals were hold at the animal facilities in the Cota-Cota campus (3420 m, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia) in 8 m2 pens holding up to 5 animals per pen and exposed to natural conditions. Animals were fed ad libitum. Adult and juvenile Ornate Tinamous for the anatomical studies were hunted with shotgun mainly during the dry season (May to July) in several localities in the Bolivian high plateau between 3800 and 4300 m. Hunting and animal maintenance were carried under the permission for scientific studies from the Bolivian General Direction of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (DGBAP). Chilean Tinamous Nothoproc...