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AnSciZoo 520 Spring 201 2 1 Course AnSciZoo 520 Time MWF 1205 1255 168 Noland Hall Instructor Dr Mark E Berres Animal Sciences Building room 542 meberreswiscedu Phone 890 1. BROWNE The Game Conservancy Trust Fordingbridge Hampshire SP6 1EF UK From 1991 to 2003 2954 Chaffinches Fringilla coelebs were caught and ringed yearround at Hilborough Norfolk England The age and sex composition of Chaffinches varied between winter 4 million breeding pairs in Britain Gibbons et al 1993 Cramp Perrins 1994 Hagemeijer Blair 1997 Chaffinches occupy a variety of habitats including woodland scrub farmland parks and gardens Cramp Perrins 1994 but they are usually at lower densities British Trust for Ornithology Scotland, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK ange. The ecological requirements of the species are well known and a variety of mechanismsexist which can be imple S. Browne, J. Vickery and D. Chamberlain2000 British Trust for Ornithology, Bird Study, cadb . The broad distribution of (a) arable, (b) pastoral, (c) marginal upland and (d) upland ITE Landscape Ty During a brief visit to Recif Island, Seychelles (4 Created by Abby Golder . 1. Give the common name and the conservation status for the birds below.. A) . B) . C) . 2. What two muscles are most essential to flight?. 3. Which of these birds do not nest in a tree? . Extracts from BTO Guide 23, Nestboxes (1993 edition) by Chris du FeuPage 1 INTRODUCTIONGarden nestboxes have been a source of pleasure and interest for many years, but now these and otherartificial ne Effects of artificial lights and moonlight on petrels Effects of lights on petrels 2010 British Trust for Ornithology, Bird Study,found between 1998 and 2006, including Cory Huettmann Marine Ornithology 33: 161–171 (2005) Contributed Papers INTRODUCTION Razorbills Alca torda are the least abundant of North American auks, with a breeding population in eastern Canad AERIAL PREDATION BY A SOUTH POLAR SKUACATHARACTAMACCORMICKION A SNOW PETRELGODROMA NIVEAIN ANTARCTICADepartment of Geography,University of Durham,South Road,Durham DH13LE,UK(m.j.bentley@durham.ac.uk)R Review ArticleEntomology, Ornithology & Herpetology Pacheco et al., Entomol Ornithol Herpetol 2014, 3:2http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0983.1000122 Volume 3  Issue 2  1000122Entomol Ornithol Herpeto Marine Ornithology 34: 91–98 (2006) 91 INTRODUCTION One of the rationales for implementing beached bird monitoring programs is that they can provide data useful in assessing seabird mortality INTRODUCTIONAbbott’s Booby Papasula abbotti is the rarest and largest of the sulids. The species formerly nested on islands in the central and western Indian Ocean, but was lost from these locali Bird flight has always intrigued mankind. This book provides an up to date account of our existing knowledge on the subject, as well as offering new insights and challenging some established views.A brief history of the science of flight introduces the basic physical principles governing aerial locomotion. A treatment of flight-related functional morphology concentrates on the difference in shape of the arm and hand part of the wings, on the structure and function of tails, and on the shape of the body. The anatomy and mechanical properties of feathers receive special attention. Aerodynamic principles used by birds are explained in theory by simply applying Newton\'s laws, and in practice by showing the direction and velocity of the attached flow around an arm wing cross section and of the leading edge vortex flow above a hand wing. The Archaeopteryx fossils remain crucial in our understanding of the evolution of bird flight despite the recent discovery of a range of well-preserved ancient birds.A novel insight into the interactions between wings and air challenges established theories relating to the origin of bird flight. Take-off, flapping flight, gliding and landing are the basic ingredients of bird flight, and birds use a variety of flight styles from hovering to soaring. Flight muscles consisting of mosaics of specialized fibers are the engines that generate the force required to keep the wings and tail in the gliding configuration and perform work during flapping motion. The energy required to fly can be estimated or measured directly, and a comparison of empirical results provides insights into the trend in metabolic costs of flight of birds varying in shape and mass from hummingbirds to albatrosses.