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Comparison of the Oxygen Diffusing Capacity of the Picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui) with Other Doves of Chile

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Comparison of the Oxygen Diffusing Capacity of the Picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui) with Other Doves of Chile
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  • Alfaro, Carmen;
  • Figueroa Pérez, Daniela;
  • Sabat Kirkwood, Alejandro Pablo;
  • Sallaberry Ayerza, Michel;
  • Canals Lambarri, Mauricio;
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We studied the respiratory surface density and the thickness of the air-blood barrier in the Picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui), and compared it with Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) and Blacked-winged Ground Dove (Metropelia melanoptera), two larger species. As expected, Columbina picui BMR and VO2max showed higher values than those of the larger species according to the expected for their body size. The respiratory surface density and the thickness of the blood-air barrier were not different among the different species of doves. However C. picui showed an anatomical diffusion factor lower than M. melanoptera and Z. auriculata. Picui Ground Dove had low values of oxygen diffusion capacity, such as cursorial birds. A differential oxygen partial pressure of 7.5 Kpa, an usual value at sea level, it can hardly meet their maximal energy requirements and it means that Picui Ground Dove, would have serious limitations to live at high altitudes, which is consistent with the observation that this species inhabits lowlands and at the foot hills of the Andes.
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119285
ISSN: 0717-9502
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 127-133, 2010
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