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Bird flight

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

From Sensor Data to Animal Behaviour: An Oystercatcher Example

Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Roeland Bom, [ ... ], Willem Bouten

Functional Morphometric Analysis of the Furcula in Mesozoic Birds

Roger A. Close, Emily J. Rayfield

Comparing Aerodynamic Efficiency in Birds and Bats Suggests Better Flight Performance in Birds

Florian T. Muijres, L. Christoffer Johansson, [ ... ], Anders Hedenström

Testing an Emerging Paradigm in Migration Ecology Shows Surprising Differences in Efficiency between Flight Modes

Adam E. Duerr, Tricia A. Miller, [ ... ], Todd Katzner

The Effects of Spatially Heterogeneous Prey Distributions on Detection Patterns in Foraging Seabirds

Octavio Miramontes, Denis Boyer, Frederic Bartumeus

Intraspecific Correlations of Basal and Maximal Metabolic Rates in Birds and the Aerobic Capacity Model for the Evolution of Endothermy

David L. Swanson, Nathan E. Thomas, Eric T. Liknes, Sheldon J. Cooper

Evolutionary Dynamics of Fearfulness and Boldness: A Stochastic Simulation Model

Nan Lu, Ting Ji, [ ... ], Yi Tao

Wire Marking Results in a Small but Significant Reduction in Avian Mortality at Power Lines: A BACI Designed Study

Rafael Barrientos, Carlos Ponce, [ ... ], Juan Carlos Alonso

Flapping Tail Membrane in Bats Produces Potentially Important Thrust during Horizontal Takeoffs and Very Slow Flight

Rick A. Adams, Emily R. Snode, Jason B. Shaw

Life History of Rhamphorhynchus Inferred from Bone Histology and the Diversity of Pterosaurian Growth Strategies

Edina Prondvai, Koen Stein, Attila Ősi, Martin P. Sander

Changes in Timing, Duration, and Symmetry of Molt of Hawaiian Forest Birds

Leonard A. Freed, Rebecca L. Cann

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