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Bird flight

Flight Phases in the Song of Skylarks: Impact on Acoustic Parameters and Coding Strategy

Juliette Linossier, Fanny Rybak, Thierry Aubin, Nicole Geberzahn

published 15 Aug 2013

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Learning of Multi-Modal Stimuli in Hawkmoths

Anna Balkenius, Marie Dacke

published 29 Jul 2013

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Females Lead Population Collapse of the Endangered Hawaii Creeper

Leonard A. Freed, Rebecca L. Cann

published 04 Jul 2013

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

Stig A. Walsh, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Monja A. Knoll, Estelle Bourdon, Paul M. Barrett, Angela C. Milner, Robert L. Nudds, Richard L. Abel, Patricia Dello Sterpaio

published 25 Jun 2013

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

Erica F. Stuber, Jessica Verpeut, Maria Horvat-Gordon, Ramesh Ramachandran, Paul A. Bartell

published 13 Jun 2013

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

Theagarten Lingham-Soliar, Nelisha Murugan

published 10 Jun 2013

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

Sang-im Lee, Soyun Hwang, Young-eun Joe, Hyun-kyung Cha, Gun-ho Joo, Hyeon-jeong Lee, Ji-won Kim, Piotr G. Jablonski

published 05 Jun 2013

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

Mario Díaz, Anders Pape Møller, Einar Flensted-Jensen, Tomáš Grim, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo, Jukka Jokimäki, Gábor Markó, Piotr Tryjanowski

published 28 May 2013

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

Chris Armstrong, Helen Wilkinson, Jessica Meade, Dora Biro, Robin Freeman, Tim Guilford

published 24 May 2013

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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, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Stefan Garthe, Mark A. Hindell

published 22 May 2013

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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

published 15 May 2013

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

Michael Pittman, Stephen M. Gatesy, Paul Upchurch, Anjali Goswami, John R. Hutchinson

published 15 May 2013

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

Maria Angela Echeverry-Galvis, Michaela Hau

published 08 May 2013

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