- Evolutionary innovation accelerates morphological diversification in pufferfishes and their relatives
2024/09/11 by Emily M. Troyer, Kory M Evans, Christopher H. R. Goatley +6 · 1 voice · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Beak #Biology #Diversification (marketing strategy) #Ecological niche #Ecology #Economic geography #Economics #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Habitat #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Niche #Range (aeronautics) #Trait
- Beyond the beak: Brain size and allometry in avian craniofacial evolution
2021/09/23 by Jesús Marugán‐Lobón, Sergio M. Nebreda, Guillermo Navalón +2 · 12 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · #Allometry #Anatomy #Beak #Biology #Brain size #Crania #Cranial vault #Craniofacial #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Morphometrics #Neurocranium #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Skull #Variation (astronomy) #Zoology
- Morphological adaptations for relatively larger brains in hummingbird skulls
2018/09/27 by Diego Ocampo, Gilbert Barrantes, J. Albert C. Uy · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Marine animal studies overview #Skull #Heterochrony #Allometry #Biology #Hummingbird #Brain size #Ecomorphology #Ossification #Beak #Adaptation (eye) #Zoology #Encephalization #Convergent evolution #Foraging #Anatomy #Evolutionary biology #Ecology #Phylogenetics #Ontogeny #Neuroscience #Habitat
- A Triassic stem turtle with an edentulous beak
2018/08/01 by Chun Li, Nicholas C. Fraser, Olivier Rieppel +2 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Anatomy #Beak #Biology #Clade #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Phylogenetic tree #Synapomorphy #Turtle (robot) #Vertebrate #Zoology
- Whole-Genome Sequence of a Beak and Feather Disease Virus Isolate from a Fledgling Red-Capped Parrot ( Purpureicephalus spurius )
2016/10/14 by Shubhagata Das, Sarker Subir, Jade K. Forwood +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Animal Virus Infections Studies #Beak #Biology #Feather #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments #Host (biology) #Plant Virus Research Studies #Sequence (biology) #Virus #Whole genome sequencing #Zoology
- Inbreeding depression of sexually selected traits and attractiveness in the zebra finch
2010/02/24 by Elisabeth Bolund, Katrin Martin, Bart Kempenaers +1 · 17 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Attractiveness #Beak #Biology #Demography #Evolutionary biology #Genetic architecture #Genetic load #Genetics #Inbreeding #Inbreeding avoidance #Inbreeding depression #Mate choice #Mating #Plant and animal studies #Plumage #Population #Psychology #Quantitative trait locus #Sexual selection #Taeniopygia #Zebra finch #Zoology
- Directional orientation of birds by the magnetic field under different light conditions
2009/10/28 by Roswitha Wiltschko, Katrin Stapput, Peter Thalau +1 · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · Mathematics · #Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects #Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects #Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience #Compass #Beak #Monochromatic color #Optics #Orientation (vector space) #Magnetoreception #Wavelength #Light intensity #Physics #Earth's magnetic field #Magnetic field #Biology #Mathematics #Geometry #Ecology
- The Independent Evolution of the Enlargement of the Principal Sensory Nucleus of the Trigeminal Nerve in Three Different Groups of Birds
2009/01/01 by Cristián Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, Cristián Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, Andrew N. Iwaniuk +1 · 24 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Anseriformes #Beak #Biology #Brainstem #Ecology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Medicine #Neuroscience #Pathology #Psittaciformes #Sensory system #Tongue #Trigeminal nerve #Waterfowl #Zoology
- Sexual Dimorphism, Female-Female Pairs, and Test for Assortative Mating in Common Terns
2007/06/01 by Ian C. T. Nisbet, Eli S. Bridge, Patricia Szczys +1 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Assortative mating #Avian ecology and behavior #Beak #Biology #Ecology #Mating #Plant and animal studies #Sexing #Sexual dimorphism #Sterna #Zoology
- Adaptive significance of avian beak morphology for ectoparasite control
2005/04/22 by Dale H Clayton, Dale H. Clayton, Brett R Moyer +9 · 33 citations
Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Anatomy #Beak #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Feather #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Zoology
- ULTRAVIOLET BEAK SPOTS IN KING AND EMPEROR PENGUINS
2005/01/01 by Pierre Jouventin, Paul M. Nolan, Jonas Örnborg +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Beak #Biology #Botany #Feather #Food science #Optics #Orange (colour) #Plant and animal studies #Reflectivity #Spots #Zoology
- The origin and early evolution of birds: discoveries, disputes, and perspectives from fossil evidence
2004/09/07 by Zhonghe Zhou · 32 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Arboreal locomotion #Beak #Biology #Bird flight #Cretaceous #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Feather #Flight feather #Habitat #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Mesozoic #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Taxon #Wing #Zoology
- Aerial “flycatching”: non-predatory birds can catch small birds in flight
2004/06/07 by Peter Berthold · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Beak #Biology #Bird nest #Bird parasitology and diseases #Corvidae #Ecology #Geography #Nest (protein structural motif) #Predation #Zoology
- Ecomorphological Indicators of Feeding Behavior in Recent and Fossil Raptors
1995/10/01 by Fritz Hertel · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Avian ecology and behavior #Predation #Biology #Generalist and specialist species #Beak #Carrion #Ecomorphology #Zoology #Ecology #Discriminant function analysis #Habitat
- Diversity in Body Size and Feeding Morphology within Past and Present Vulture Assemblages
1994/06/01 by Fritz Hertel · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Beak #Biology #Convergent evolution #Early Pleistocene #Ecological niche #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Fauna #Faunal assemblage #Geography #Guild #Habitat #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Phylogenetic tree #Pleistocene #Sympatric speciation #Vulture
- Knemidocoptes sp. on Wild Passerines at the Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong
1994/04/01 by Susan A. Mainka, David S. Melville, Antony Galsworthy +1 · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Environmental Science · #Bird parasitology and diseases #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Infestation #Passerine #Streptopelia #Zoology #Beak #Botany #Dove
- Effects of Nestling Diet on Growth and Adult Size of Zebra Finches (Poephila guttata)
1987/04/01 by Peter T. Boag · 8 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal science #Avian ecology and behavior #Beak #Biology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Feather #Plumage #Taeniopygia #Tarsus (eyelids) #Zebra finch #Zoology
- The comparative ecology of Australian corvids. III. Breeding seasons
1973/06/01 by I Rowley, LW Braithwaite, GS Chapman · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Breed #Biology #Brood #Ecology #Avian clutch size #Seasonal breeder #Zoology #Beak #Reproduction
- An unusual instance of a bird getting trapped by a clam
1959/01/01 by Olivia A. Leeker, Al Carlozzi, Sharon M. Jones · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · Psychology · #Anxiety #Beak #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Clinical psychology #Developmental psychology #Ecology #Emotional distress #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Feeling #Fishery #Geography #Head (geology) #Heterosexuality #Homosexuality #Lesbian #Paleontology #Psychiatry #Psychology #Romance #Sexual attraction #Sexual behavior #Sexual orientation #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Social psychology #Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies #Zoology
- II.—On a New Crocodilian Genus (Notochampsa) from the Upper Stormberg Beds of South Africa
1904/12/01 by R. Broom · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Anatomy #Beak #Biology #Crocodile #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Geology #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Postcrania #Skull #Taxon