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Bird flight

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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Gaze Strategy in the Free Flying Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Dennis Eckmeier, Bart R. H. Geurten, Daniel Kress, Marcel Mertes, Roland Kern, Martin Egelhaaf, Hans-Joachim Bischof

published 24 Dec 2008

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Ocean Surface Winds Drive Dynamics of Transoceanic Aerial Movements

Ángel M. Felicísimo, Jesús Muñoz, Jacob González-Solis

published 13 Aug 2008

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Birds Reveal their Personality when Singing

László Zsolt Garamszegi, Marcel Eens, János Török

published 09 Jul 2008

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A Reappraisal of Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology and Paleoecology

Mark P. Witton, Darren Naish

published 28 May 2008

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Optimal Swimming Speed in Head Currents and Effects on Distance Movement of Winter-Migrating Fish

Jakob Brodersen, P. Anders Nilsson, Jeppe Ammitzbøll, Lars-Anders Hansson, Christian Skov, Christer Brönmark

published 14 May 2008

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Pointed Wings, Low Wingloading and Calm Air Reduce Migratory Flight Costs in Songbirds

Melissa S. Bowlin, Martin Wikelski

published 14 May 2008

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Ancient DNA Elucidates the Controversy about the Flightless Island Hens (Gallinula sp.) of Tristan da Cunha

Dick S. J. Groenenberg, Albert J. Beintema, René W. R. J. Dekker, Edmund Gittenberger

published 19 Mar 2008

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Laterality and Flight: Concurrent Tests of Side-Bias and Optimality in Flying Tree Swallows

James T. Mandel, John M. Ratcliffe, David J. Cerasale, David W. Winkler

published 12 Mar 2008

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Kiwi Forego Vision in the Guidance of Their Nocturnal Activities

Graham R. Martin, Kerry-Jayne Wilson, J. Martin Wild, Stuart Parsons, M. Fabiana Kubke, Jeremy Corfield

published 07 Feb 2007

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