Neuromuscular control

Publications:

Dial, K.P. 1992. Activity patterns of the wing muscles of the pigeon (Columba livia) during different modes of flight. J. Exp. Zool. 262:357-373.

Dial, K.P. 1993. Avian forelimb muscles and nonsteady flight: can birds fly without using the muscles in their wings? Auk 109:874-885.

Boggs, D.F. and K.P. Dial. 1993. Neuromuscular organization and regional EMG activity of the pectoralis in the pigeon. J. Morph. 218: 43-57.

Gatesy, S.M. and K.P. Dial. 1993. Tail muscle activity patterns in walking and flying pigeons (Columba livia).J. Exp. Biol. 176:55-76

Tobalske, B.W. and K.P. Dial. 1994. Neuromuscular control and kinematics of intermittent flight in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). J. Exp. Biol. 187:1-18.

Gatesy, S.M. and K.P. Dial. 1996. Locomotor modules and the evolution of avian flight. Evolution 50:331-340.

Gatesy, S.M. and K.P. Dial. 1996. From frond to fan: Archaeopteryx and the evolution of short-tailed birds. Evolution 50:2037-2048.

Tobalske, B.W., N.E. Olson, and K.P. Dial. (1997). The flight style of the Black-billed magpie: Variation in wing kinematics, neuromuscular control and muscle composition. J. Exp. Zool. 279:313-329.

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