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Flightlessness Evolution

Flightlessness Evolution is a biological phenomenon representing the evolutionary loss of the capacity for aerial flight in avian lineages, distinguished by morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic adaptations that diverge from volant ancestors.

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165

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2017–2026

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The Evolution of Flightlessness in Insects

Derek A. Roff · Ecological Monographs · 1990 · 648 citations

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An evolutionary process that assembles phenotypes through space rather than through time

Richard Shine, Gregory P. Brown, Ben L. Phillips · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 599 citations

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High flight costs, but low dive costs, in auks support the biomechanical hypothesis for flightlessness in penguins

Kyle H. Elliott, Robert E. Ricklefs, Anthony J. Gaston et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 234 citations · Full text

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Energy Conservation and the Evolution of Flightlessness in Birds

Brian K. McNab · The American Naturalist · 1994 · 207 citations

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Predictable evolution toward flightlessness in volant island birds

Natalie A. Wright, David W. Steadman, Christopher C. Witt · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 206 citations · Full text

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Authors

165

  1. BC
    Bradley C. Livezey

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    8 publications · 457 citations

    9

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  2. DA
    Derek A. Roff

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 867 citations

    3

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  3. JM
    James M. Clark

    George Washington University, United States

    2 publications · 206 citations

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  4. DJ
    Daniel J. Field

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. TT
    Toomas Tammaru

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    2 publications · 128 citations

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Institutions

106

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    394 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    184 citations

  5. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    237 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    82 citations

  7. Royal Ontario Museum

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  8. Zoological Society of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    7 publications · 345 citations

    7

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  2. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 225 citations

    4

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  3. Evolutionary Ecology

    3 publications · 255 citations

    3

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 1K citations

    3

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  5. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    3 publications · 169 citations

    3

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