Pedal Claw Curvature in Birds, Lizards and Mesozoic Dinosaurs – Complicated Categories and Compensating for Mass-Specific and Phylogenetic Control

Comparison of claw geometrical characteristics among birds of prey and non-raptorial birds

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Assessing Arboreal Adaptations of Bird Antecedents: Testing the Ecological Setting of the Origin of the Avian Flight Stroke

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The Predatory Ecology of Deinonychus and the Origin of Flapping in Birds

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Variability in the growth patterns of the cornified claw sheath among vertebrates: implications for using biogeochemistry to study animal movement

(2010) Danielle M. Ethier et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

In vivo bite and grip forces, morphology and prey-killing behavior of North American accipiters (Accipitridae) and falcons (Falconidae)

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Toucan and hornbill beaks: A comparative study

(2009) Yasuaki Seki et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Biomechanics of Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur Claws: Application of X-Ray Microtomography, Nanoindentation, and Finite Element Analysis

(2009) Phillip L. Manning et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Predatory Functional Morphology in Raptors: Interdigital Variation in Talon Size Is Related to Prey Restraint and Immobilisation Technique

(2009) Denver W. Fowler et al.   PLoS One

The interplay between claw morphology and microhabitat use in neotropical iguanian lizards

(2009) M.J. Tulli et al.   ZOOLOGY

A fundamental avian wing-stroke provides a new perspective on the evolution of flight

(2008) Kenneth P. Dial et al.   NATURE

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

Musculoskeletal underpinnings to differences in killing behavior between North American accipiters (Falconiformes: Accipitridae) and falcons (Falconidae)

(2007) Diego Sustaita   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

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