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Bird flight

Inter-Individual Variability in Fear of Humans and Relative Brain Size of the Species Are Related to Contemporary Urban Invasion in Birds

Martina Carrete, José L. Tella

Morphological Shifts of the External Flight Apparatus across the Range of a Passerine (Northern Wheatear) with Diverging Migratory Behaviour

Marc I. Förschler, Franz Bairlein

A Potential Role for Bat Tail Membranes in Flight Control

James D. Gardiner, Grigorios Dimitriadis, Jonathan R. Codd, Robert L. Nudds

Juvenile Songbirds Compensate for Displacement to Oceanic Islands during Autumn Migration

Kasper Thorup, Troels Eske Ortvad, [ ... ], Martin Wikelski

Albatrosses Following Fishing Vessels: How Badly Hooked Are They on an Easy Meal?

José P. Granadeiro, Richard A. Phillips, Paul Brickle, Paulo Catry

Hand-Rearing Reduces Fear of Humans in European Starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Gesa Feenders, Melissa Bateson

Scaling of Avian Primary Feather Length

Robert L. Nudds, Gary W. Kaiser, Gareth J. Dyke

Sounds Scary? Lack of Habituation following the Presentation of Novel Sounds

Tine A. Biedenweg, Michael H. Parsons, Patricia A. Fleming, Daniel T. Blumstein

Reduced Metabolic Cost of Locomotion in Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) during Winter

John Lees, Robert Nudds, [ ... ], Jonathan Codd

On the Size and Flight Diversity of Giant Pterosaurs, the Use of Birds as Pterosaur Analogues and Comments on Pterosaur Flightlessness

Mark P. Witton, Michael B. Habib

Flight Modes in Migrating European Bee-Eaters: Heart Rate May Indicate Low Metabolic Rate during Soaring and Gliding

Nir Sapir, Martin Wikelski, [ ... ], Ran Nathan

A Quantitative Analysis of Flight Feather Replacement in the Moustached Tree Swift Hemiprocne mystacea, a Tropical Aerial Forager

Sievert Rohwer, Luan-Keng Wang

Shearwater Foraging in the Southern Ocean: The Roles of Prey Availability and Winds

Ben Raymond, Scott A. Shaffer, [ ... ], Henri Weimerskirch

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