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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

Combined use of tri-axial accelerometers and GPS reveals the flexible foraging strategy of a bird in relation to weather conditions

Jesús Hernández-Pliego, Carlos Rodríguez, Giacomo Dell’Omo, Javier Bustamante

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

Efficiency of Lift Production in Flapping and Gliding Flight of Swifts

Per Henningsson, Anders Hedenström, Richard J. Bomphrey

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

Henri Weimerskirch, Sophie Bertrand, [ ... ], Elisa Goya

Landscape Movements of Migratory Birds and Bats Reveal an Expanded Scale of Stopover

Philip D. Taylor, Stuart A. Mackenzie, [ ... ], Christopher G. Guglielmo

Sex-Specific Audience Effect in the Context of Mate Choice in Zebra Finches

Nina Kniel, Stefanie Bender, Klaudia Witte

First-Time Migration in Juvenile Common Cuckoos Documented by Satellite Tracking

Marta Lomas Vega, Mikkel Willemoes, [ ... ], Kasper Thorup

Population Census of a Large Common Tern Colony with a Small Unmanned Aircraft

Dominique Chabot, Shawn R. Craik, David M. Bird

Excess Baggage for Birds: Inappropriate Placement of Tags on Gannets Changes Flight Patterns

Sylvie P. Vandenabeele, Edward Grundy, [ ... ], Rory P. Wilson

Optimizing Wind Power Generation while Minimizing Wildlife Impacts in an Urban Area

Gil Bohrer, Kunpeng Zhu, Robert L. Jones, Peter S. Curtis

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

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

How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings

Andrew K. Davis, Brenden Herkenhoff, [ ... ], Mostafa Hassanalian

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