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A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of the Lung of an Ostrich
The colossal body size, the relinquishment of flight and the extreme thermal stresses on the ground make the examination of an ostrich’s lungs rewarding.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/204/13/2313
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Population Dynamics
Essay discussing the factors behind the variation in the number of individuals in a bird population over time.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Population_Dynamics.html
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Site Tenacity
Many birds return to the same nesting site each season. This essay discusses why this should be so.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Site_Tenacity.html
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Flapping Flight: Inertial Studies
Technical article by researchers at Bristol University who measured the wings of bats and birds and calculated their efficiency in flight.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/198/8/1655
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Wing Image Collection
The Slater Museum of Natural History provides a comprehensive selection of photographs of bird wings.
http://www.ups.edu/x5662.xml
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A Tale of Two Boobies
Biological examination and dissection at the Slater Museum of a booby that strayed to the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.ups.edu/x13725.xml
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Flight in Birds
How do birds fly? An introduction to flight in birds examining wing shape, airflows, flapping flight and gliding.
http://www.earthlife.net/birds/flight.html
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Development and Uses of Avian Skeleton Collections
Skeletons are essential for the identification of fossils, bones from archaeological sites and food items taken by predators as well as histological and physiological studies.
http://www.boc-online.org/PDF/vol124/Storrs%20Olson.pdf
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Feather Quest
Interactive quiz. Can you identify the birds from which these feathers come?
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/FeatherQuest/FeatherQuest.html
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Index of Lectures
A series of articles on different aspects of bird biology such as feathers, flight, respiration, territoriality, reproduction and metabolism.
http://www.ornithology.com/lectures/Introduction.html
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