Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds
The aim of this work is to estimate the relationship between developmental mode and flight style, body mass and wing morphology of birds. We revealed high evolutionary correlation between developmental mode and flight style of birds. Different developmental modes, as well as flight styles, repeatedl...
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| author | O. V. Shatkovska M. Ghazali |
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| description | The aim of this work is to estimate the relationship between developmental mode and flight style, body mass and wing morphology of birds. We revealed high evolutionary correlation between developmental mode and flight style of birds. Different developmental modes, as well as flight styles, repeatedly appeared in birds’ evolution. Precocial birds are associated with continuous-flapping flight. Small altricial birds mostly use passerine-type flight. Soaring birds are large and have an intermediate developmental mode. Developmental strategies and flight styles correlate with differences in body mass and traits of wing morphology (wingspan, wing area, humerus, ulna, manus, and primary feather lengths). Nevertheless, by comparing results of phylogenetic and standard discriminant function analyses, we reveal that phylogeny strongly affects the morphology of wing traits and body mass in birds. When using phylogenetic t-tests, we did not find an association between relative length of wing elements and different developmental mode and flight style groups, except altricial birds with flapping and gliding flight style (Apodidae, Hirundinidae). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c910d58b83494f95a3fdbeccade8db0e2022-12-21T19:07:35ZengTaylor & Francis GroupThe European Zoological Journal2475-02632017-01-0184139040110.1080/24750263.2017.13461511346151Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birdsO. V. Shatkovska0M. Ghazali1Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of UkraineSchmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of UkraineThe aim of this work is to estimate the relationship between developmental mode and flight style, body mass and wing morphology of birds. We revealed high evolutionary correlation between developmental mode and flight style of birds. Different developmental modes, as well as flight styles, repeatedly appeared in birds’ evolution. Precocial birds are associated with continuous-flapping flight. Small altricial birds mostly use passerine-type flight. Soaring birds are large and have an intermediate developmental mode. Developmental strategies and flight styles correlate with differences in body mass and traits of wing morphology (wingspan, wing area, humerus, ulna, manus, and primary feather lengths). Nevertheless, by comparing results of phylogenetic and standard discriminant function analyses, we reveal that phylogeny strongly affects the morphology of wing traits and body mass in birds. When using phylogenetic t-tests, we did not find an association between relative length of wing elements and different developmental mode and flight style groups, except altricial birds with flapping and gliding flight style (Apodidae, Hirundinidae).http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2017.1346151Altricialprecocialevolutionphylogenetic analysis |
| spellingShingle | O. V. Shatkovska M. Ghazali Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds The European Zoological Journal Altricial precocial evolution phylogenetic analysis |
| title | Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds |
| title_full | Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds |
| title_short | Relationship between developmental modes, flight styles, and wing morphology in birds |
| title_sort | relationship between developmental modes flight styles and wing morphology in birds |
| topic | Altricial precocial evolution phylogenetic analysis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2017.1346151 |
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