Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics of the Avian Wing and Shoulder during Ascending Flapping Flight and Uphill Flap-Running

From extant to extinct: locomotor ontogeny and the evolution of avian flight

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The broad range of contractile behaviour of the avian pectoralis: functional and evolutionary implications

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Scaling of mechanical power output during burst escape flight in the Corvidae

(2011) B. E. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mechanical properties of the avian acrocoracohumeral ligament and its role in shoulder stabilization in flight

(2011) David Bradley Baier   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Pigeons steer like helicopters and generate down- and upstroke lift during low speed turns

(2011) I. G. Ros et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Morphological and kinematic basis of the hummingbird flight stroke: scaling of flight muscle transmission ratio

(2011) T. L. Hedrick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Wing and body kinematics of takeoff and landing flight in the pigeon (Columba livia)

(2010) A. M. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The asymmetry of the carpal joint and the evolution of wing folding in maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs

(2010) C. Sullivan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Precocial development of locomotor performance in a ground-dwelling bird (Alectoris chukar): negotiating a three-dimensional terrestrial environment

(2009) B. E. Jackson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Software techniques for two- and three-dimensional kinematic measurements of biological and biomimetic systems

(2008) Tyson L Hedrick   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

FLAPPING FLIGHT

(2008) R. H. J. Brown   IBIS

Kinematics and power requirements of ascending and descending flight in the pigeon (Columba livia)

(2008) A. M. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2008) Kenneth P. Dial et al.   NATURE