Data from: Interspecific variation in the structural properties of flight feathers in birds indicates adaptation to flight requirements and habitat

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flight;barbule density;Functional morphology;water repellence;barb density;vane porosity;flight feathers;wing morphology;rachis width;Aves;Holocene;moult

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doi:10.5061/dryad.1538t

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s was found and was highest in species with flapping flight indicating that aerodynamic forces are more biased towards the distal feathers in flapping flyers than in soarer

Data from: Immature gannets follow adults in commuting flocks providing a potential mechanism for social learning

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Information Centre Hypothesis;social learning;spatial segregation;central-place foraging;Morus bassanus;colonial breeding;Cultural transmission

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doi:10.5061/dryad.3rg5307

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m a large colony and passing locations offshore and used a biomechanical model to test for age differences in flight speeds. Consistent with the aerodynamic

Data from: Bird predation selects for wing shape and coloration in a damselfly

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insects;Motacilla alba;Birds;Calopteryx splendens;Morphometrics;natural selection

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doi:10.5061/dryad.n2649

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of predated damselflies which are always discarded after predation. Based on aerodynamic theory and a previous study on wing shape of territorial tactic