U.S.-U.K. Planning Visit: Airsac Pressures in Diving Birds

该奖项将支持对英国伯明翰大学为期两个月的规划访问。 蒙大拿大学的多娜·博格斯（Dona Boggs）和伯明翰大学的帕特里克·J·巴特勒（Patrick J. Butler）建议对不同种类的鸟类和其他脊椎动物的飞行、潜水和呼吸等肌肉活动的协调方式进行初步研究。 该项目最终将包括对小企鹅Eudyptula minor的翅膀推动游泳的研究，这将涉及与南澳弗林德斯大学的研究人员的合作。 该项目利用了英国研究人员的独特专业知识，伯明翰大学在潜水生理学研究方面的悠久历史，以及澳大利亚对小企鹅的研究。 此次规划访问将为发展长期的三边合作提供机会。

This award will support a two-month planning visit to the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Dona Boggs of the University of Montana and Patrick J. Butler of the University of Birmingham propose to conduct preliminary investigations into the ways in which muscular activities of flying, diving, and breathing are coordinated in different species of birds and other vertebrates. The project will ultimately include a study of wing-propelled swimming in little penguins, Eudyptula minor, which will involve cooperation with researchers at Flinders University of South Australia. The project takes advantage of the British investigator's unique expertise, the University of Birmingham's long history in research in diving physiology, and Australian studies of little penguins. This planning visit will provide an opportunity to develop a long-term trilateral collaboration.