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Tobalske, B.W. Warrick, D.R., Clark, C.J. Powers, D.R., Hedrick, T.L. Hyder, G.A., Biewener, A.A. 2007.  Three-dimensional kinematics of hummingbird flight. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 2368-2382.

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Dial, K. P., R. J. Randall, and T. R. Dial. 2006. What Use is Half a Wing in the Ecology and Evolution of Birds? BioScience 56(5): 437-445.

Dial, K. P. 2005. Patterns among avian flight style, nesting biology, development, body size, and locomotor modularity. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52: 502-504.

Padian, K. and K. P. Dial. 2005. Could the "Four Winged" Dinosaurs Fly? Nature 438: E3.

Dial, K. P. 2005. Power-to-Mass, Morphing, and How Birds Use Half A Wing. Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots 48: 311-318.

Tobalske, B.W., Puccinelli, L.A. and Sheridan, D.C. 2005.  Contractile activity of the pectoralis in the zebra finch according to mode and velocity of flap-bounding flight. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 2895-2901.

Warrick, D.R., Tobalske, B.W. and Powers, D.R.  2005.  Aerodynamics of hovering in hummingbirds. Nature.  435, 1094-1097.

Tobalske, B.W., Altshuler, D. and Powers, D.  2004.  Take-off mechanics in hummingbirds (Trochilidae).  J. Exp. Biol.  207, 1345-1352.

Bundle, M.W., & K.P. Dial.  2003.  Mechanics of wing-assisted incline running (WAIR).  Journal of Experimental Biology, 206:4553-4564.

Dial, K.P. 2003.  Evolution of avian locomotion: Correlates of body size, reproductive biology, flight style, development and the origin of flapping flight.  Auk 120:941-952.

Tobalske, B.W., T.L. Hedrick, and A.A. Biewener. 2003.  Wing kinematics of avian flight across speeds.  J. Avian Biol. 34, 177-184.

Tobalske, B.W., T.L. Hedrick, K.P. Dial & A.A. Biewener. 2003. Comparative power curves in bird flight. Nature 421:363-366.

Warrick, D.R., M.W. Bundle and K.P. Dial.  2002. Bird maneuvering flight: Blurred bodies, clear heads. Soc. Integr. & Comp. Biol. (Am. Zool.) 42:141-148.

Warrick, D.R., B.W. Tobalske, A.A. Biewener & K.P. Dial. 2002. Sonomicrometry and kinematic estimates of the mechanical power of bird flight. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard University 257-268.

Williamson, M.R., K.P. Dial, and A.A. Biewener. 2001. Pectoralis muscle performance during ascending and slow level flight in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). J. Exp. Biol., 204:495-507.

Tobalske, B.W. and K.P. Dial. 2000. Effects of body size on take-off flight performance in the Pheasianidae (Aves). J. Exp. Biol. 203:3319-3332.

Tobalske, B.W., W. Peacock, and K.P. Dial. 1999. Kinematics of flap-bounding flight in the zebra finch over a wide range of speeds. J. Exp. Biol. 202:1725-1739.

Warrick, D. R. and K. P. Dial. 1998. Kinematic, aerodynamic, and anatomical mechanisms in the slow, maneuvering flight of pigeons. J. Exp. Biol. 201: 655-672.

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Dial, K.P., A.A. Biewener, B.W. Tobalske and D.R. Warrick. 1997. Mechanical power output of bird flight. Nature 390:67-70.

Boggs, D.F., J. J. Seveyka, D.L. Kilgore, and K.P. Dial. 1997. Coordination of respiratory cycles with wingbeat cycles in the Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica). J. Exp. Biol. 200:1413-1420.

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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.

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

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

Tobalske, B.W. and K.P. Dial. 1996. Flight kinematics of Black-billed magpies and pigeons over a wide range of speeds. J. Exp. Biol. 199:263-280.

Biewener, A.A. and K.P. Dial. 1995. In vivo strain in the humerus of pigeons (Columba livia) during flight. J. Morph. 225:61-75.

Dial, K.P. 1994. An inside look at how birds fly: experimental studies of the internal and external processes controlling flight. Proc. Soc. Exp. Test Pilots. 38:1-13.

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. 1993. Tail muscle activity patterns in walking and flying pigeons (Columba livia). J. Exp. Biol. 176:55-76.

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

Biewener, A.A., K.P. Dial, and G.E. Goslow, Jr. 1992. Pectoralis muscle force and power output during flight in the starling. J. Exp. Biol. 164:1-18.

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.

Marzluff, J.M. and K.P. Dial. 1991. Life history correlates of taxonomic diversity. Ecology 72:428-439.

Marzluff, J.M., and K.P. Dial. 1991. Does social organization influence diversification? Am. Midl. Nat. 125:126-134.

Dial, K.P., G.E. Goslow, Jr., and F.A. Jenkins, Jr. 1991. The functional anatomy of the shoulder of the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). J. Morphology 207:327-344.

Dial, K.P. and N.J. Czaplewski. 1990. Do woodrat middens accurately represent the animals' environments and diets? The Woodhouse Mesa study. In Fossil packrat middens: the last 40,000 years of biotic change in the arid West (eds. martin. P.S., T. Van Devender, J. Betancourt). Univ. Arizona Press.

Goslow, G.E., Jr., K.P. Dial, and F.A. Jenkins, Jr. 1990. Bird flight: Insights and complications. Bioscience 40:108-115.

Goslow, G.E. Jr., and K.P. Dial. 1990. Active stretch shortening contractions of the m. pectoralis in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris): Evidence from electromyography and contractile properties. Int. Congr. Vert. Morphol., Netherlands J. Zoology 49:106-114.