… reducing mass while maintaining enough digestive and absorptive capacity to meet their …
constraints on digestion and absorption in flying vertebrates, and the adaptations they have to …

… each other, high-energy aerobic lifestyles might be associated with high aerobic capacities,
… We tested whether the high-energy aerial insectivore lifestyle in swallows is correlated with …

… Species that are aerial pursuers or that feed on aerial prey should have shorter intestines to
… In conclusion, the avian digestive tract is shorter than that of mammals, which is linked to the …

… We refer to adaptation broadly, within individuals and among populations and taxa, to matches
achieved by changes in digestive structure and … Digestive adaptations of aerial lifestyles …

… One characteristic that varies with foraging strategy and lifestyle is the curvature of claws (or …
Aerial insectivores fly rapidly at variable heights above ground vegetation or water and …

… The pancreas developed as a specialised organ for digestion … Finally, we see how adaptation
to life on land required … of water and temporarily entering an aerial realm of existence. At …

… to carbohydrate digestion and absorption (CDA), protein digestion and … aerial predators
may be more significant than those ground predators given the arboreality and gliding lifestyle of …

… that transmit further digestive enzymes from the stomach wall. The digestive tubules are the
… Nevertheless, the adaptations that facilitate this unusual life-style are but modifications of …

… to M b in our experimental trials, we believe that the adaptations of the digestive traits to
process food on these animals may have followed the evolutionary adjustments of their M b . …

… aerial predators may be more significant than those ground predators given the arboreality
and gliding lifestyle … evolution of the bird-like digestive system may help to maximize foraging …