This bibliography provides additional
reading for each of the topics we will cover in lecture. These
readings provide a great way to learn more about birds than we
can cover in one semester. The readings in blue are required and have been placed on
reserve in my lab.
I. Introduction
American Ornithologists'
Union. 1998. Check-list of North American birds, 7th ed. American
Ornithologists' Union.
Brooke, M., and T. Birkhead.
1991. The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology. Cambridge University
Press.
Burleigh, T.D. 1958. Georgia
birds. University of Oklahoma Press.
Campbell, B., and E. Lack.
1985. A dictionary of birds. Buteo Books.
National Geographic Society.
1987. Field guide to the birds of North America, 3rd ed. National
Geographic Society.
Perrins, C.M. 1991. What
is a bird? Pp. 2-14 in The encyclopedia of birds (C.M.
Perrins and A.L.A. Middleton, eds.). Facts on File Publications.
Perrins, C.M., and A.L.A.
Middleton. 1991. The encyclopedia of birds. Facts on File Publications.
Peterson, R.T. 1980. A field
guide to the birds of eastern and central North America, 4th
ed. Houghton Mifflin.
Pettingill, O.S. 1985. Ornithology
in laboratory and field, 5th ed. Academic Press.
Proctor, N.S., and P.J. Lynch.
1993. Manual of ornithology. Yale University Press.
Sibley, D.A. 2000. The Sibley
guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf.
II. Origin of Birds
Chiappe, L.M. 1995. The first
85 million years of avian evolution. Nature 378:349-355.
Chiappe, L.M., and G.J. Dyke.
2002. The Mesozoic radiation of birds. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst.
33:91-124.
Cooper, A., and D. Penny.
1997. Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary:
molecular evidence. Science 275:1109-1112.
Feduccia, A. 1995. Explosive
evolution in tertiary birds and mammals. Science 267:637-638.
Feduccia, A. 1996. The origin
and early evolution of birds. Yale University Press.
Norell, M.A., Q. Ji, K. Gao,
C. Yuan, Y. Zhao, and L. Wang. 2002. "Modern" feathers
on a non-avian dinosaur. Nature 416:3637.
Olson, S.L. 1991. The fossil
record of birds. Pp. 79-238 in Avian biology, Vol. 8 (D.S.
Farner, et al., eds.). Academic Press.
Padian, K. 2001. Cross-testing
adaptive hypotheses: phylogenetic analysis and the origin of
bird flight. American Zoologist 41:598-607.
Padian, K., and L.M. Chiappe.
1998. The origin of birds and their flight. Scientific American
277(2):38-47.
Padian, K., and L.M. Chiappe.
1999. The origin and early evolution of birds. Biological Reviews
73:1-42.
Prum, R.O. 2002. Why ornithologists
should care about the theropod origin of birds. Auk 119:1-17.
Prum, R.O., and A.H. Brush.
2002. The evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers.
Quarterly Review of Biology 77:261-295.
Wellnhofer, P. 1990. Archaeopteryx.
Scientific American 262(5):70-77.
III. The Design of Birds
Bennett, A.T.D., and I.C.
Cuthill. 1994. Ultraviolet vision in birds: what is its function?
Vision Research 34:1471-1478.
Bock, W.J. 1974. The avian
skeletomuscular system. Pp. 120-259 in Avian biology,
Vol. 4 (D.S. Farner and J.R. King, eds.). Academic Press.
Hartwig, H.-G. 1993. The
central nervous system of birds: a study of functional morphology.
Pp. 1-120 in Avian biology, Vol. 9 (D.S. Farner, et al.,
eds.). Academic Press.
Jenkins, F.A., K.P. Dial,
and G.E. Goslow. 1988. A cineradiographic analysis of bird flight:
the wishbone in Starlings is a spring. Science 241:1495-1498.
Jones, D.R., and K. Johansen.
1972. The blood vascular system of birds. Pp. 158-278 in
Avian biology, Vol. 2 (D.S. Farner and J.R. King, eds.). Academic
Press.
Martin, G.R., and G. Katzir.
2000. Sun shades and eye size in birds. Brain, Behavior and Evolution
56:340-344.
Nevitt, G. 1999. Foraging
by seabirds in a olfactory landscape. American Scientist 87:46-53.
Piersma, T., R. van Aelst,
K. Kurk, H. Berkhoudt, and L.R.M. Maas. 1998. A new pressure
sensory mechanism for prey detection in birds: the use of principles
of seabed dynamics?
Proc. Royal Soc. London B 265:1377-1383.
Preest, M.R., and C.A. Beuchat.
1997. Ammonia excretion in hummingbirds. Nature 386:561.
Proctor, N.S., and P.J. Lynch.
1993. Manual of ornithology. Yale University Press.
Rattenborg, N.C., S.L. Lima,
and C.J. Amlaner. 1999. Half-awake to the risk of predation.
Nature 397:397.
Schmidt-Nielsen, K. 1971.
How birds breathe. Scientific American 225(6):72-79.
Waldvogel, J.A. 1990. The
bird's eye view. American Scientist 78:342-353.
Welty, C. 1955. Birds as
flying machines. Scientific American 192(3):88-96.
IV. Feathers and Flight
Dumbacher, J.P., B.M. Beehler,
T.F. Spande, H.M. Garrafo, and J.W. Daly. 1992. Homobatrachotoxin
in the genus Pitohui: chemical defense in birds? Science
258:799-800.
Hedenstrom, A. 2002. Aerodynamics,
evolution and ecology of avian flight. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 17:415-422.
Kerlinger, P. 1989. Flight
strategies of migrating hawks. Chicago University Press.
Pennycuick, C.J. 1989. Bird
flight performance. Oxford University Press.
Poore, S.O., A. Sanchez-Haiman,
and G.E. Goslow Jr. 1997. Wing upstroke and the evolution of
flapping flight. Nature 387:799-802.
Rayner, J.M.V. 1988. Form
and function in avian flight. Current Ornithology 5:1-66.
Ruppell, G. 1977. Bird flight.
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
Weimerskirch, H., J. Martin,
Y. Clerquin, P. Alexandre, and S. Jiraskova. 2001. Energy saving
flight formation. Nature 413:697-698.
Welty, C. 1955. Birds as
flying machines. Scientific American 192(3):88-96.
V. Systematics and Classification
American Ornithologists'
Union. 1998. Check-list of North American birds, 7th ed. American
Ornithologists' Union.
Cibois, A., B. Slikas, T.S.
Schulenberg, and E. Pasquet. 2001. An endemic radiation of malagasy
songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Evolution
55:1198-1206.
Cracraft, J. 1983. Species
concepts and speciation analysis. Current Ornithology 1:159-187.
Houde, P. 1987. Critical
evaluation of DNA hybridization studies in avian systematics.
Auk 104:17-32.
Hughes, J.M., and A.J. Baker.
1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic hoatzin (Opisthocomus
hoazin) resolved using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:1300-1307.
Klicka, J., K.P. Johnson,
and S.M. Lanyon. 2000. New World nine-primaried oscine relationships:
constructing a mitochondrial DNA framework. Auk 117:321-336.
Lovette, I.J., and E. Bermingham.
2002. What is a wood-warbler? Molecular characterization of a
monphyletic Parulidae. Auk 119:695-714.
McKitrick, M.C., and R.M.
Zink. 1988. Species concepts in ornithology. Condor 90:1-14.
Patten, M.A., and P. Unitt.
2002. Diagnosibility versus mean differences of Sage Sparrow
subspecies. Auk 119:26-35.
Sheldon, F.H., and A.H. Bledsoe.
1993. Avian molecular systematics, 1970s to 1990s. Ann. Rev.
Ecol. Syst. 24:243-278.
Sibley, C.G., and J.E. Ahlquist.
1986. Reconstructing bird phylogy by comparing DNA's. Scientific
American 254(2):82-92.
Sibley, C.G., and J.E. Ahlquist.
1988. A classification of the living birds of the world based
on DNA-DNA hybridization studies. Auk 105:409-423.
VI. The Annual Cycle
Gwinner, E. 1977. Circannual
rhythms in bird migration. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 8:381-405.
Gwinner, E. 1986. Internal
rhythms in bird migration. Scientific American 254(4):84-92.
Meier, A.H., and A.C. Russo.
1985. Circadian organization of the avian annual cycle. Current
Ornithology 2:303-343.
Rowan, W. 1929. Experiments
in bird migration. I. Manipulation of the reproductive cycle:
seasonal histological changes in the gonads. Proc. Boston Soc.
Nat. Hist. 39:151-208.
Silver, R., and G.F. Ball.
1989. Brain, hormone, and behavior interactions in avian reproduction:
status and prospectus. Condor 91:966-978.
