Printed in great britain volumes of the respiratory and circulatory systems in tufted and mallard ducksTufted ducks habitually dive for their food and may remain submerged for up to 40 s....
Regional distribution of blood flow during swimming in the tufted duck (aythya fuligulaThe distribution of blood flow to a number of organs and tissues of the tufted duck was determined (by the microsphere technique) before and while the birds were swimming at close to their maximum sustainable velocity (i.e....
Colon and trachea sections from selected wild bird species showing that the pattern of attachment of avian and human influenza viruses varies between bird species.(a) chicken colon with avian virus; (b) chicken trachea with avian virus; (c) mallard colon with avian virus; (d) mallard trachea with avian virus; (e) tufted duck colon with avian virus; (f) tufted duck trachea with avian virus; (g) rock pigeon colon with avian virus; (h) rock pigeon trachea with avian virus; (i) rock pigeon...
Food intake rates and habitat segregation of tufted duck aythya fuligula and scaup aythya marila exploiting zebra mussels dreissena polymorphaThe foraging skills of Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula and Scaup Aythya marila feeding on Zebra Mussels Dreissena polymorpha were studied in experiments under seminatural diving conditions with relevance...
