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Bird flight

Use of Social Information in Seabirds: Compass Rafts Indicate the Heading of Food Patches

Henri Weimerskirch, Sophie Bertrand, Jaime Silva, Jose Carlos Marques, Elisa Goya

published 29 Mar 2010

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Human Mammary Epithelial Cells Exhibit a Bimodal Correlated Random Walk Pattern

Alka A. Potdar, Junhwan Jeon, Alissa M. Weaver, Vito Quaranta, Peter T. Cummings

published 10 Mar 2010

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Black Petrels (Procellaria parkinsoni) Patrol the Ocean Shelf-Break: GPS Tracking of a Vulnerable Procellariiform Seabird

Robin Freeman, Todd Dennis, Todd Landers, David Thompson, Elizabeth Bell, Mike Walker, Tim Guilford

published 17 Feb 2010

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The Extent of the Preserved Feathers on the Four-Winged Dinosaur Microraptor gui under Ultraviolet Light

David W. E. Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Xing Xu, Fucheng Zhang

published 15 Feb 2010

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The Secret Life of Oilbirds: New Insights into the Movement Ecology of a Unique Avian Frugivore

Richard A. Holland, Martin Wikelski, Franz Kümmeth, Carlos Bosque

published 16 Dec 2009

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Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx

Gregory M. Erickson, Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Zhonghe Zhou, Alan H. Turner, Brian D. Inouye, Dongyu Hu, Mark A. Norell

published 09 Oct 2009

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Edge Detection in Landing Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Partha Bhagavatula, Charles Claudianos, Michael Ibbotson, Mandyam Srinivasan

published 07 Oct 2009

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Spread of Avian Influenza Viruses by Common Teal (Anas crecca) in Europe

Camille Lebarbenchon, Frédéric Albespy, Anne-Laure Brochet, Viviane Grandhomme, François Renaud, Hervé Fritz, Andy J. Green, Frédéric Thomas, Sylvie van der Werf, Philippe Aubry, Matthieu Guillemain, Michel Gauthier-Clerc

published 05 Oct 2009

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Uncinate Process Length in Birds Scales with Resting Metabolic Rate

Peter Tickle, Robert Nudds, Jonathan Codd

published 27 May 2009

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Can Ethograms Be Automatically Generated Using Body Acceleration Data from Free-Ranging Birds?

Kentaro Q. Sakamoto, Katsufumi Sato, Mayumi Ishizuka, Yutaka Watanuki, Akinori Takahashi, Francis Daunt, Sarah Wanless

published 30 Apr 2009

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Scaling of Soaring Seabirds and Implications for Flight Abilities of Giant Pterosaurs

Katsufumi Sato, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto, Yutaka Watanuki, Akinori Takahashi, Nobuhiro Katsumata, Charles-André Bost, Henri Weimerskirch

published 29 Apr 2009

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Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism

Leon P. A. M. Claessens, Patrick M. O'Connor, David M. Unwin

published 18 Feb 2009

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Wind, Waves, and Wing Loading: Morphological Specialization May Limit Range Expansion of Endangered Albatrosses

Robert M. Suryan, David J. Anderson, Scott A. Shaffer, Daniel D. Roby, Yann Tremblay, Daniel P. Costa, Paul R. Sievert, Fumio Sato, Kiyoaki Ozaki, Gregory R. Balogh, Noboru Nakamura

published 24 Dec 2008

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