Publications

Where is WAIR (and other wing-assisted behaviours)? Essentially everywhere: a response to Kuznetsov and Panyutina (2022)

Heers, A.M., Tobalske, B.W., Jackson, B.E., Dial, K.P. (2022). Where is WAIR (and other wing-assisted behaviours)? Essentially everywhere: a response to Kuznetsov and Panyutina (2022). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 137: 157-162.

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Future Tail Tales: A Forward-Looking, Integrative Perspective on Tail Research.

Schwaner, M. J., Hsieh, S. T., Braasch, I., Bradley, S., Campos, C. B., Collins, C. E., Donatelli, C. M., Fish, F. E., Fitch, O. E., Flammang, B. E., et al. (2021). Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 61, Issue 2, August 2021, Pages 521–537, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab082

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Field testing an “acoustic lighthouse”: Combined acoustic and visual cues provide a multimodal solution that reduces avian collision risk with tall human-made structures.

Boycott, T. J., Mullis, S. M., Jackson, B. E., and Swaddle, J. P. (2021). PLOS ONE, 16, e0249826.

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Ontogeny of Flight Capacity and Pectoralis Function in a Precocial Ground Bird (Alectoris chukar)

Tobalske, B. W., Jackson, B. E., and Dial, K. P. (2017) . Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 57, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 217–230, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx050

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3D for the people: multi-camera motion capture in the field with consumer-grade cameras and open source software

Jackson, B. E., Evangelista, D. J., Ray, D. D., and Hedrick, T. L. (2016). Biology Open.

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Unifying Themes of Flight Evolution? (book review)

Jackson, B.E. (2016).  BioScience. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biw055.

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Flapping before Flight: High Resolution, Three-Dimensional Skeletal Kinematics of Wings and Legs during Avian Development

Heers, A. M., Baier, D. B., Jackson, B. E., and Dial, K. P. (2016).  PLOS ONE, 11, e0153446. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153446

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The mechanics and behavior of Cliff Swallows during tandem flights

Shelton, R.M., Jackson B.E., Hedrick, T.L. (2014). Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2717-2725. doi: 10.1242/jeb.101329

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A protocol and calibration method for accurate multi-camera field videography

Theriault, D.H., Fuller, N.W., Jackson, B.E., Bluhm, E., Evangelista, D., Wu, Z., Betke, M., Hedrick T.L. (2014). Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 1843-1848. 

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

Jackson, B.E., Tobalske, B.W., Dial, K.P. (2011). Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 2354-2361. 

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Morphological and Behavioral Correlates of Flapping Flight

Tobalske, B.W., Warrick, D.R., Jackson, B.E., Dial, K.P. (2011).  in Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds (Dyke, G. & Kaiser, G. eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

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

Jackson, B.E., Dial, K.P. (2011) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 452-461. doi: 10.1242/jeb.046789

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When hatchlings outperform adults: locomotor development in Australian brush turkeys (Alectura lathami, Galliformes).

Dial, K.P., Jackson, B.E. (2010) Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 278, 1610-1616. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1984

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

Jackson, B.E., Segre, P., Dial, K.P. (2009)  Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 276, 3457-3466. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0794

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

Dial, K.P., Jackson, B.E., Segre, P. (2008)  Nature, 451, 985-989. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06517

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