1. Experimental exposure of indirect light at night alters western bluebird parent activity and nestling development
   2025/12/12 by Kerstin Ozkan, Jordan M. Langley, Clinton D. Francis · 2 citations
   Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Artificial light #Avian ecology and behavior #Brood #Circadian rhythm and melatonin #Feather #Impact of Light on Environment and Health #Light Cycle #Light intensity #Light pollution #Nocturnal #Plumage
2. The mechanistic, genetic and evolutionary causes of bird eye colour variation
   2023/10/11 by Eamon C. Corbett, Robb T. Brumfield, Brant C. Faircloth · 1 voice · 9 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Adaptation (eye) #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Feather #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Intraspecific competition #Phylogenetic tree #Plant and animal studies #Plumage #Vertebrate #Zoology
3. The relationship of moult timing, duration and sequence to the aerial lifestyle of the Little Swift (Apus affinis)
   2023/03/26 by Yosef Kiat, Itai Bloch · 1 citation
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Bird flight #Ecology #Feather #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Flight feather #Larva #Moulting #Muda #Plumage #Seasonal breeder #Wing #Zoology
4. Null effects of the Garcelon harnessing method and transmitter type on soaring raptors
   2021/02/08 by Víctor García, Víctor Manuel Alvarado García, Juan José Iglesias‐Lebrija +1 · 6 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Backpack #Biology #Computer science #Ecology #Feather #Geography #Telecommunications #Transmitter #Wildlife #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology
5. Birds of a feather? Parrot and corvid cognition compared
   2018/11/29 by Megan L. Lambert, Megan L. Lambert, Ivo Jacobs +3 · 27 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Animal cognition #Biology #Cognition #Cognitive development #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Communication #Comparative cognition #Ecology #Feather #Neuroscience #Object permanence #Parallels #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Psychology #Spatial cognition
6. Olfactory eavesdropping: The odor of feathers is detectable to mammalian predators and competitors
   2017/10/12 by Milla Mihailova, Mathew L. Berg, Katherine L. Buchanan +1 · 1 citation
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Bird parasitology and diseases #Predation #Biology #Odor #Nest (protein structural motif) #Feather #Plumage #Predator #Ecology #Zoology #Nest box
7. Industrial Melanism in the Seasnake Emydocephalus annulatus
   2017/08/01 by Claire Goiran, Paco Bustamante, Richard Shine · 2 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Ecology #Feather #Habitat #Invertebrate #Marine animal studies overview #Melanism #Range (aeronautics) #Tetrapod (structure) #Zoology
8. Rescue behaviour in a social bird: removal of sticky ‘bird-catcher tree’ seeds by group members
   2017/01/01 by Martijn Hammers, Lyanne Brouwer · 12 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Acrocephalus #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Communication #Demography #Ecology #Endangered species #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Feather #Group living #Habitat #Plant and animal studies #Population #Psychology #Social behaviour #Social psychology #Sociology #Warbler #Zoology
9. Hidden keys to survival: the type, density, pattern and functional role of emperor penguin body feathers
   2015/10/22 by C. L. Williams, Julie C. Hagelin, Gerald L. Kooyman · 1 citation
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Avian ecology and behavior #Emperor #Feather #Biology #Zoology #Type (biology) #Body type #Evolutionary biology #Communication #Ecology #Anatomy #Psychology
10. Harmonic Hopping, and Both Punctuated and Gradual Evolution of Acoustic Characters in Selasphorus Hummingbird Tail-Feathers
    2014/04/10 by Christopher J. Clark · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Feather #Hummingbird #Character (mathematics) #Character evolution #Sound (geography) #Acoustics #Sound production #Convergent evolution #Harmonic #Sound wave #Evolutionary biology #Biology #Physics #Zoology #Clade #Phylogenetics #Ecology #Mathematics
11. Hummingbird feather sounds are produced by aeroelastic flutter, not vortex-induced vibration
    2013/01/01 by Christopher J. Clark, Damian O. Elias, Richard O. Prum · 3 citations
    Engineering · #Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows #Flutter #Hummingbird #Aeroelasticity #Feather #Vortex #Vibration #Acoustics #Flight feather #Physics #Aerodynamics #Mechanics #Zoology #Biology #Ecology
12. Dietary protein level affects iridescent coloration in Anna's hummingbirds, Calypte anna
    2012/07/25 by Melissa G. Meadows, T. E. Roudybush, Kevin J. McGraw · 2 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Animal Nutrition and Physiology #Feather #Iridescence #Biology #Structural coloration #Ornaments #Hummingbird #Plumage #Zoology #Ornamental plant #Captivity #Nectar #Ecology #Geography
13. Why Do Calypte Hummingbirds “Sing” with Both Their Tail and Their Syrinx? An Apparent Example of Sexual Sensory Bias
    2009/11/16 by Christopher J. Clark, Teresa J. Feo · 5 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · Neuroscience · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Courtship #Syrinx (medicine) #Sound (geography) #Feather #Biology #Sexual selection #Intraspecific competition #Hummingbird #Mate choice #Courtship display #Zoology #Communication #Acoustics #Mating #Ecology #Psychology #Neuroscience #Physics
14. Plumage colour acquisition and behaviour are associated with androgens in a phenotypically plastic tropical bird
    2009/05/04 by Willow R. Lindsay, Michael S. Webster, Claire W. Varian +1 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Androgen #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Breed #Ecology #Endocrinology #Feather #Hormone #Larva #Moulting #Passerine #Plant and animal studies #Plumage #Seasonal breeder #Zoology
15. A hitchhiker’s guide to parasite transmission: The phoretic behaviour of feather lice
    2008/11/13 by Christopher W. Harbison, Matthew V. Jacobsen, Dale H. Clayton · 16 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Ecology #Feather #Louse #Parasite hosting #Plant and animal studies #Wing #Zoology
16. Do feather-degrading bacteria affect sexually selected plumage color?
    2008/10/13 by Matthew D. Shawkey, Shreekumar Pillai, Shreekumar R. Pillai +1 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Bacteria #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Ecology #Feather #Genetics #Mate choice #Plant and animal studies #Plumage #Population #Sexual selection #Zoology
17. Feather-picking Psittacines: Histopathology and Species Trends
    2008/05/01 by Michael M. Garner, Susan Clubb, Mark A. Mitchell +1 · 1 citation
    Immunology and Microbiology · Environmental Science · Medicine · #Bird parasitology and diseases #Avian ecology and behavior #Feather #Histopathology #Zoology #Biology #Pathology #Medicine
18. Differential Development of Breeding Plumage in Adult and Second-Year Male RuffsPhilomachus pugnax
    2008/04/01 by Natalia Karlionova, Włodzimierz Meissner, Pavel Pinchuk · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Avian ecology and behavior #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Climate variability and models #Plumage #Feather #Flight feather #Biology #Moulting #Zoology #Animal science #Ecology
19. Why do vultures have bald heads? The role of postural adjustment and bare skin areas in thermoregulation
    2008/02/14 by Jennifer Ward, Dominic J. McCafferty, David C. Houston +1 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Medicine · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal science #Avian ecology and behavior #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Body surface #Ecology #Environmental science #Feather #Geography #Heat flow #Mathematics #Medicine #Meteorology #Skin temperature #Thermal #Thermoregulation #Zoology
20. The Anna's hummingbird chirps with its tail: a new mechanism of sonation in birds
    2008/01/29 by Christopher J. Clark, Teresa J. Feo · 7 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Feather #Hummingbird #Sound (geography) #Acoustics #Mechanism (biology) #Bird flight #Sound production #Wing #Zoology #Biology #Physics #Ecology
21. Identification of shed or plucked origin of Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) tail feathers: Preliminary findings
    2007/10/02 by Vivek Sahajpal, S.P. Goyal, Sukriti Goyal · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Anatomy #Appendage #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Feather #Flight feather #Moulting #Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses #Zoology
22. Abrupt recent shift in δ 13 C and δ 15 N values in Adélie penguin eggshell in Antarctica
    2007/07/09 by Steven D. Emslie, William P. Patterson · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Pygoscelis #Baleen #Krill #Feather #Eggshell #Seabird #Foraging #Biology #Isotope analysis #Blubber #Trophic level #Zoology #Ecology #Predation #Oceanography #Geology #Whale
23. THE ROLE OF BODY SIZE IN HOST SPECIFICITY: RECIPROCAL TRANSFER EXPERIMENTS WITH FEATHER LICE
    2006/10/01 by Sarah E. Bush, Dale H. Clayton · 5 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Demography #Ecology #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Feather #Host (biology) #Louse #Mallophaga #Population #Wing #Zoology
24. Theft of bower decorations among male Satin Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus): why are some decorations more popular than others?
    2006/08/18 by Janine M. Wojcieszek, James A. Nicholls, N. Justin Marshall +1 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Ornaments #Plumage #Population #Feather #Reflectivity #Biology #Visual arts #Zoology #Art #Demography #Optics #Sociology
25. Assessment of mercury exposure and potential effects on common loons (Gavia immer) in Québec
    2006/07/17 by L. Champoux, Louise Champoux, Denis Masse +9 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Bioaccumulation #Biology #Biomonitoring #Demography #Ecology #Feather #Fishery #Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity #Heavy metals in environment #MERCURY EXPOSURE #Mercury (programming language) #Mercury impact and mitigation studies #National park #Population #Reproduction #Reproductive success #Wildlife
26. AHubble Space TelescopeArchival Survey of Feathers in Spiral Galaxies
    2006/06/30 by Misty A. La Vigne, S. N. Vogel, Stuart N. Vogel +1 · 2 citations
    Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Biology #Feather #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Hubble space telescope #Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics #Physics #Spiral galaxy #Zoology #astro-ph
27. The thermal properties of some nests of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
    2006/06/05 by Jan Pinowski, Andrzej Haman, Leszek Jerzak +5 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Ecology #Feather #Nest (protein structural motif) #Nest box #Passer #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Seasonal breeder #Sparrow #Zoology
28. Identification of a novel circovirus in Australian ravens (Corvus coronoides) with feather disease
    2006/04/01 by Meredith Stewart, Ross Perry, Shane Raidal · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Animal Virus Infections Studies #Virus-based gene therapy research #Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology #Circovirus #Biology #Porcine circovirus #Virology #Feather #Genetics #Capsid #Virus #Sequence analysis #Genome #Gene #Zoology
29. Feathers and 'feather-like' integumentary structures in Liaoning birds and dinosaurs
    2006/01/01 by Zhang Fucheng, Zhonghe Zhou, Gareth J. Dyke +3 · 1 citation
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Anatomy #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Categorization, perception, and language #Cretaceous #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Feather #Integumentary system #Iridescence #Mesozoic #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Zoology
30. Seasonal changes in carotenoid‐ and melanin‐based plumage coloration in the Great TitParus major
    2005/08/10 by JORDI FIGUEROLA, Jordi Figuerola, JOAN CARLES SENAR +1 · 3 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Biology #Botany #Carotenoid #Ecology #Feather #Intraspecific competition #Moulting #Parus #Plumage #Sexual selection #Zoology

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