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Feathers

Leaders Are More Attractive: Birds with Bigger Yellow Breast Patches Are Followed by More Group-Mates in Foraging Groups

Zoltán Tóth, Matteo Griggio

published 19 Oct 2011

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Morphological and Geochemical Evidence of Eumelanin Preservation in the Feathers of the Early Cretaceous Bird, Gansus yumenensis

Holly E. Barden, Roy A. Wogelius, Daqing Li, Phillip L. Manning, Nicholas P. Edwards, Bart E. van Dongen

published 13 Oct 2011

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Different Means to the Same End: Long-Distance Migrant Seabirds from Two Colonies Differ in Behaviour, Despite Common Wintering Grounds

Paulo Catry, Maria P. Dias, Richard A. Phillips, José P. Granadeiro

published 11 Oct 2011

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Sexually Selected Male Plumage Color Is Testosterone Dependent in a Tropical Passerine Bird, the Red-Backed Fairy-Wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Willow R. Lindsay, Michael S. Webster, Hubert Schwabl

published 05 Oct 2011

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A Natural Experiment on the Condition-Dependence of Achromatic Plumage Reflectance in Black-Capped Chickadees

Liliana D'Alba, Caroline Van Hemert, Colleen M. Handel, Matthew D. Shawkey

published 03 Oct 2011

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Interpopulation Variation in Contour Feather Structure Is Environmentally Determined in Great Tits

Juli Broggi, Anna Gamero, Esa Hohtola, Markku Orell, Jan-Åke Nilsson

published 19 Sep 2011

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Neanderthal Use of Fish, Mammals, Birds, Starchy Plants and Wood 125-250,000 Years Ago

Bruce L. Hardy, Marie-Hélène Moncel

published 24 Aug 2011

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Integration of Spectral Reflectance across the Plumage: Implications for Mating Patterns

Miklós Laczi, János Török, Balázs Rosivall, Gergely Hegyi

published 10 Aug 2011

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Sex-Related Effects of an Immune Challenge on Growth and Begging Behavior of Barn Swallow Nestlings

Andrea Romano, Diego Rubolini, Manuela Caprioli, Giuseppe Boncoraglio, Roberto Ambrosini, Nicola Saino

published 27 Jul 2011

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Phylogenetic Relationships in Pterodroma Petrels Are Obscured by Recent Secondary Contact and Hybridization

Ruth M. Brown, William C. Jordan, Chris G. Faulkes, Carl G. Jones, Leandro Bugoni, Vikash Tatayah, Ricardo L. Palma, Richard A. Nichols

published 31 May 2011

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Experimental Demonstration of the Fitness Consequences of an Introduced Parasite of Darwin's Finches

Jennifer A. H. Koop, Sarah K. Huber, Sean M. Laverty, Dale H. Clayton

published 11 May 2011

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

Graham D. Fairhurst, Matthew D. Frey, James F. Reichert, Izabela Szelest, Debbie M. Kelly, Gary R. Bortolotti

published 11 Mar 2011

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Scaling of Avian Primary Feather Length

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

published 09 Feb 2011

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