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Autor:
G. A. Zweers, Ron G. Bout
Publikováno v:
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 131:197-205
In birds, the ability to move the upper beak relative to the braincase has been the subject of many functional morphological investigations, but in many instances the adaptive significance of cranial kinesis remains unclear. Alternatively, cranial ki
Publikováno v:
Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 51:243-262
The avian neck is a complex, kinematically redundant system that controls the position and orientation of the head. The kinematic redundancy is resolved by movement principles, which result in characteristic movement patterns. General neck movement p
Autor:
G. A. Zweers, Sander W. S. Gussekloo
Publikováno v:
Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 49(1), 29-43
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Molecular analyses show that modern birds can be divided into two major taxa, the Paleognathae and the Neognathae. This division was already proposed by Merrem in 1813, based on morphological characters. One of the most prominent discriminating chara
Autor:
P Dullemeijer, G A Zweers
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Morphology. 35:354-364
Over the last decades the image of vertebrate morphology has become at some places chaotic and even opportunistic, which seems to be due to the lack of appraisal or recognition of the leading concepts of the field. This paper analyses the changes in
Autor:
A.F.C. Gerritsen, G. A. Zweers
Publikováno v:
Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 47:161-208
Many paleontological studies conclude that all orders of modern birds had developed from a dinosaurian phylogenetic ancestry by the mid-Cretaceous. Recently, however, an alternative hypothesis states that the only modern-bird-like Cretaceous bird was
Autor:
G. A. Zweers, J. C. Vanden Berge
Publikováno v:
Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 47:255-287
A morphospace has been developed that connects the ancestral pecking design to filter feeding in birds. The morphospace represents a pattern of transformations in which first surface tension transport of drops along a slightly lengthened and slenderi
Publikováno v:
The Condor. 97:297-324
We propose a model of filter feeding in Caribbean (Phoenicopterus r. ruber) and Greater Flamingos (P. r. roseus) that is based on a description of the oropharyngeal integument, using SEM and radiography, and analysis of kinematics and performances. O
Autor:
Jan Heidweiller, G. A. Zweers
Publikováno v:
Zoomorphology. 111:217-228
Development of the drinking mechanism from the day of hatching to the 4 week old chick was studied in relation to the growth of the oropharynx and drinking performance. Results indicate that due to scaling effects in the growing oropharynx, physical
Publikováno v:
Zoomorphology. 111:141-159
Drinking was studied in adult chickens by cinematography and radiography. Three subsequent behavioral phases occur. (1) Water is transported from the water box into the oropharynx when the beak is immersed. Then delicately tuned cyclic motion pattern
Publikováno v:
Journal of Experimental Zoology. 262:135-153
Development of head neck motion patterns is studied in drinking chickens to examine (1) general motion principles, (2) ontogenetic changes in these patterns, and (3) whether pattern changes are due to scaling effects during growth. Behavioral pattern