Morphological properties of the last primaries, the tail feathers, and the alulae of Accipiter nisus, Columba livia, Falco peregrinus, and Falco tinnunculus

• Published in: Journal of Morphology
• Main Authors: Schmitz, Anke, Ponitz, Benjamin, Brücker, Christoph, Schmitz, Helmut, Herweg, Jan, Bleckmann, Horst
• Other Authors: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: The Tail Feathers; Falco peregrinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20317; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjmor.20317; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jmor.20317

ABSTRACT We investigated the mechanical properties (Young's modulus, bending stiffness, barb separation forces) of the tenth primary of the wings, of the alulae and of the middle tail feathers of Falco peregrinus . For comparison, we also investigated the corresponding feathers in pigeons ( Col...