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Bird physiology

Does Environmental Enrichment Reduce Stress? An Integrated Measure of Corticosterone from Feathers Provides a Novel Perspective

Graham D. Fairhurst, Matthew D. Frey, [ ... ], Gary R. Bortolotti

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

Gesa Feenders, Melissa Bateson

Inexplicable Inefficiency of Avian Molt? Insights from an Opportunistically Breeding Arid-Zone Species, Lichenostomus penicillatus

Bethany J. Hoye, William A. Buttemer

Does Foraging Performance Change with Age in Female Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)?

Ilka Zimmer, Yan Ropert-Coudert, [ ... ], Andre Chiaradia

Heart Rate during Conflicts Predicts Post-Conflict Stress-Related Behavior in Greylag Geese

Claudia A. F. Wascher, Orlaith N. Fraser, Kurt Kotrschal

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

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

Stressful Dieting: Nutritional Conditions but Not Compensatory Growth Elevate Corticosterone Levels in Zebra Finch Nestlings and Fledglings

Mariam Honarmand, Wolfgang Goymann, Marc Naguib

Seasonal Changes in Colour: A Comparison of Structural, Melanin- and Carotenoid-Based Plumage Colours

Kaspar Delhey, Claudia Burger, Wolfgang Fiedler, Anne Peters

Specific Appetite for Carotenoids in a Colorful Bird

Juan Carlos Senar, Anders Pape Møller, [ ... ], Esa Hohtola

Positive Carotenoid Balance Correlates with Greater Reproductive Performance in a Wild Bird

Rebecca J. Safran, Kevin J. McGraw, [ ... ], Julie Marling

A Mechanistic Niche Model for Measuring Species' Distributional Responses to Seasonal Temperature Gradients

William B. Monahan

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

Gregory M. Erickson, Oliver W. M. Rauhut, [ ... ], Mark A. Norell

Evolution of Thermal Response Properties in a Cold-Activated TRP Channel

Benjamin R. Myers, Yaron M. Sigal, David Julius

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