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Bird flight

Endocranial Anatomy of the Charadriiformes: Sensory System Variation and the Evolution of Wing-Propelled Diving

N. Adam Smith, Julia A. Clarke

Sexual Dimorphism in Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): Can Pregnancy and Pup Carrying Be Responsible for Differences in Wing Shape?

Nícholas F. de Camargo, Hernani F. M. de Oliveira

Using Wind Tunnels to Predict Bird Mortality in Wind Farms: The Case of Griffon Vultures

Manuela de Lucas, Miguel Ferrer, Guyonne F. E. Janss

Do Seabirds Differ from Other Migrants in Their Travel Arrangements? On Route Strategies of Cory’s Shearwater during Its Trans-Equatorial Journey

Maria P. Dias, José P. Granadeiro, Paulo Catry

Deimatic Display in the European Swallowtail Butterfly as a Secondary Defence against Attacks from Great Tits

Martin Olofsson, Stephan Eriksson, Sven Jakobsson, Christer Wiklund

Flying at No Mechanical Energy Cost: Disclosing the Secret of Wandering Albatrosses

Gottfried Sachs, Johannes Traugott, [ ... ], Francesco Bonadonna

Abdominal Contents from Two Large Early Cretaceous Compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Demonstrate Feeding on Confuciusornithids and Dromaeosaurids

Lida Xing, Phil R. Bell, [ ... ], Philip J. Currie

Experimental Evidence for the Effect of Small Wind Turbine Proximity and Operation on Bird and Bat Activity

Jeroen Minderman, Chris J. Pendlebury, James W. Pearce-Higgins, Kirsty J. Park

The Redder the Better: Wing Color Predicts Flight Performance in Monarch Butterflies

Andrew K. Davis, Jean Chi, Catherine Bradley, Sonia Altizer

Mapping Wintering Waterfowl Distributions Using Weather Surveillance Radar

Jeffrey J. Buler, Lori A. Randall, [ ... ], Daria Kluver

Migration Routes and Strategies in a Highly Aerial Migrant, the Common Swift Apus apus, Revealed by Light-Level Geolocators

Susanne Åkesson, Raymond Klaassen, [ ... ], Anders Hedenström

Haste Makes Waste but Condition Matters: Molt Rate–Feather Quality Trade-Off in a Sedentary Songbird

Csongor I. Vágási, Péter L. Pap, [ ... ], Zoltán Barta

Interspecific Comparison of the Performance of Soaring Migrants in Relation to Morphology, Meteorological Conditions and Migration Strategies

Ugo Mellone, Raymond H. G. Klaassen, [ ... ], Thomas Alerstam

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