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Bird flight

Learning of Multi-Modal Stimuli in Hawkmoths

Anna Balkenius, Marie Dacke

Females Lead Population Collapse of the Endangered Hawaii Creeper

Leonard A. Freed, Rebecca L. Cann

Avian Cerebellar Floccular Fossa Size Is Not a Proxy for Flying Ability in Birds

Stig A. Walsh, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, [ ... ], Patricia Dello Sterpaio

Differential Regulation of Adipokines May Influence Migratory Behavior in the White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Erica F. Stuber, Jessica Verpeut, [ ... ], Paul A. Bartell

A New Helical Crossed-Fibre Structure of β-Keratin in Flight Feathers and Its Biomechanical Implications

Theagarten Lingham-Soliar, Nelisha Murugan

Direct Look from a Predator Shortens the Risk-Assessment Time by Prey

Sang-im Lee, Soyun Hwang, [ ... ], Piotr G. Jablonski

The Geography of Fear: A Latitudinal Gradient in Anti-Predator Escape Distances of Birds across Europe

Mario Díaz, Anders Pape Møller, [ ... ], Piotr Tryjanowski

Homing Pigeons Respond to Time-Compensated Solar Cues Even in Sight of the Loft

Chris Armstrong, Helen Wilkinson, [ ... ], Tim Guilford

Foraging Parameters Influencing the Detection and Interpretation of Area-Restricted Search Behaviour in Marine Predators: A Case Study with the Masked Booby

Julia Sommerfeld, Akiko Kato, [ ... ], Mark A. Hindell

Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics of the Avian Wing and Shoulder during Ascending Flapping Flight and Uphill Flap-Running

David B. Baier, Stephen M. Gatesy, Kenneth P. Dial

Shake a Tail Feather: The Evolution of the Theropod Tail into a Stiff Aerodynamic Surface

Michael Pittman, Stephen M. Gatesy, [ ... ], John R. Hutchinson

Flight Performance and Feather Quality: Paying the Price of Overlapping Moult and Breeding in a Tropical Highland Bird

Maria Angela Echeverry-Galvis, Michaela Hau

Three-Phase Fuel Deposition in a Long-Distance Migrant, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus piersmai), before the Flight to High Arctic Breeding Grounds

Ning Hua, Theunis Piersma, Zhijun Ma

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