Articles and Book Chapters

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  • Osborn, M.L., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. (subm.). Free-Body Force Analysis of the Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: Development and Comparative Evaluation of 2D and 3D Computational Approaches. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • Wood, B.M. Jia, G., Carmichael, O., Mcklveen, K. & Homberger, D.G. 2018. 3D MRI Modeling of Thin and Spatially Complex Soft Tissue Structures without Shrinkage: Lamprey Myosepta as an Example. Anatomical Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23857
  • Homberger D.G. 2017. The avian lingual and laryngeal apparatus within the context of the head and jaw apparatus, with comparisons to the mammalian condition: Functional morphology and biomechanics of evaporative cooling, feeding, drinking, and vocalization. Pp. 27-96 in: The Biology of the Avian Respiratory System: Evolution, Development, Structure and Function (J. Maina, ed.). Springer Verlag, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-44152-8.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2015. Understanding Other Species’ Needs: The Monetization of Nature — Self-Restraint and a Global Rationing System of Natural Resources as an Antidote. Chapter 5.  Pp. 91-139 inEcopsychology: Advances from the Intersection of Psychology and Environmental Protection. Volume I: Science and Theory (R.B. Hamilton & D.G. Nemeth, eds.). Praeger, Santa Barbara, CA.  ISBN 978-1-4408-3172-0 or 978-1-4408-3173-7
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2015. The Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: A Causal Explanation for Bilateral Asymmetry and a Fresh Look at the Evolution of Human Bipedality. Anat. Rec., 298 (9): 1572–1588. doi:10.1002/ar.23178. See also Anatomy Now (Newsletter of the American Association of Anatomists), September 2015.
  • Redd, T.C, Dubansky, B.H., Osborn, M.L., Tully, T.N. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. A registration algorithm for the identification of individual parrots based on the patterns of filing ridges on their upper bill tip. International Journal of Biometrics and Bioinformatics (IJBB), 6 (3): 68-91.
  • Legreneur, P., Homberger, D.G. & Bels, V. 2012. Assessment of the mass, length, center of mass, and principal moment of inertia of body segments in adult males of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei) and green, or Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis).  Journal of Morphology, 273 (7): 265-275. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20022
  • Homberger, D.G., Ham, K., Ogunbakin, T., Bonin, J.A., Hopkins, B.A., Osborn, M.L., Hossain, I., Barnett, H.A., Matthews II, K.L., Butler, L.G., & Bragulla, H.H.  2009. The structure of the cornified claw sheath in the domestic cat (Felis catus): Implications for the claw shedding mechanism.  Journal of Anatomy, 214: 620-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01068.x
  • Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. Structure and functions of keratin proteins in simple, stratified, keratinized and cornified epithelia – a review.  Journal of Anatomy, 214: 516-559.  doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01066.x
  • Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2007. The role of the specific, profilaggrin-containing keratohyalin granules in the developing epidermis of the fetal horse hoof. Pferdeheilkunde, 23 (1): 5-20.
  • Ham, K., Barnett, H.A., Ogunbakin, T., Homberger, D.G., Bragulla, H.H., Matthews II, K.L., Willson, C.S., & Butler, L.G. 2006. Imaging tissue structures: Assessment of absorption and phase contrast x ray tomography imaging at 2-nd and 3-rd generation synchrotrons. In: Developments in X-Ray Tomography V (Ulrich Bonse, ed.). Proc. SPIE 6318: 631822-1 to 631822-10.
  • Jónsson, J.E., Afton, A.D., Homberger, D.G., Henk, W.M. & Alisauskas, R.T. 2006. Do geese fully develop brood patches? A histological analysis of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) and Ross’s geese (C. rossii). J. Comp. Physiol. B (Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology), 176 (5): 453-462.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2005. Ernst Mayr and the complexity of life. J. Biosci., 30 (4): 427-433.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2005. The Classification and the Status of Wild Populations of Parrots. In Manual of Parrot Behavior (A. Luescher, ed.). Blackwell Publishing, Ames, Iowa.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2003. The role of mechanical forces on the patterning of the avian feather-bearing skin: Evidence from the integumentary musculature. J. exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.), 298B: 123-139.
  • Chuong, C.-M. & Homberger, D.G. 2003. Development and evolution of the amniote integument: Current landscape and future horizon. J. exp. Zool. B (Mol. Dev. Evol.): 1-11.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2003. Avian origins revisited. J. Biosci., 28 (2): 135-138.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2003. The comparative biomechanics of a prey-predator relationship: The adaptive morphologies of the feeding apparatus of the Australian Black-Cockatoos and their foods as a basis for the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the Psittaciformes. Pp. 203-228 inVertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution (V.L. Bels, J.-P. Gasc, & A. Casinos, eds.). BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2002. Steven J Gould – an appreciation. J. Biosci., 27 (5): 455-459
  • Gudo, M. & Homberger, D.G. 2002. The functional morphology of the pectoral fin girdle of the Spiny Dogfish (squalus acanthias): Implications for the evolutionary history of the pectoral girdle of vertebrates. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 82 (1): 241-252.
  • Homberger D.G. 2002. The aerodynamically streamlined body shape of birds: Implications for the evolution of birds, feathers, and avian flight. Pp. 227-252 in Proceedings of the 5th symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000 (Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F., eds.). Science Press, Beijing, China.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2001. The case of the cockatoo bill, horse hoof, rhinoceros horn, whale baleen, and turkey beard: The integument as a model system to explore the concepts of homology and non-homology. Pp. 317-343 in Vertebrate functional morphology: Horizon of research in the 21st century (H.M. Dutta & J.S. Datta Munshi, eds.). Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi; and Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire.
  • Homberger, D.G. & K.N. de Silva. 2000. Functional microanatomy of the feather-bearing avian integument: Implications for the evolution of birds and avian flight. Amer. Zool. 40 (4): 553-574.
  • Maderson, P.F.A. & D.G. Homberger. 2000. The evolutionary origin of feathers: A problem demanding interdisciplinary communication. Amer. Zool. 40 (4): 455-460.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2000. Similarities and differences: The distinct approaches of systematics and comparative anatomy towards homology and analogy. Pp. 53-72 in Organisms, Genes and Evolution: Evolutionary theory at the crossroads (D.S. Peters & M. Weingarten, eds.). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart.
  • Homberger D.G. 1999. The mechanism of feather movements: Implications for the evolution of birds and avian flight. Acta orn. 34 (2): 135-140.
  • Homberger, D.G. & G.A. Zweers. 1999. Skeleto-muscular systems in birds: answers to old questions through innovation and integration. Pp. 67-68 in Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress (N. Adams R.Slotow, eds). University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. BirdLife, Johannesburg, 
  • Homberger, D.G. 1999. The avian linguo-buccal system: Multiple functions in nutrition and vocalization. Pp. 94-113 in Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress (N. Adams & R. Slotow, eds). University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. BirdLife, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1998. Was ist Biologie. Pp. 11-28 in Was wissen Biologen schon vom Leben? Die biologische Wissenschaft nach der molekular-genetischen Revolution [What do biologists know about life? The biological sciences after the molecular-genetic revolution](A. Dally, ed.). Loccumer Protokolle 14/97. Evangelische Akademie Loccum, Loccum, Germany.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1996. The comparative feeding ecology and functional morphology of Australian cockatoos: A case study in the phylogenetic reconstruction of a complex group, the Psittaciformes. Pp. 43-50 in Anais V Congresso Brasileiro de Ornitologia (J.M.E. Vielliard, M.L. da Silva & W.R. Silva, eds.). UNICAMP, Campinas, Brasil.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1994. Oekomorphologie der rotschwänzigen Rabenkakadu-Arten (Calyptorhynchus spp.) in Australien: Beispiel einer multispektiven Biodiversitätsstudie als Grundlage für die Rekonstruktion der Evolutionsgeschichte einer Artengruppe. Pp. 425-434 in Senckenberg-Buch 70:Morphologie und Evolution (W.F. Gutmann, D. Mollenhauer, & D.S. Peters, eds.). Kramer, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1991. The evolutionary history of parrots and cockatoos: A model for evolution in the Australasian avifauna. Acta XX Congr. Int. Ornithol.: 398-403.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1990. Filing ridges and transversal step of the maxillary rhamphotheca in Australian cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae): A homoplastic structural character evolved in adaptation to seed shelling. Pp. 43-48 in Current topics in avian biology (R. van den Elzen, K.-L. Schuchmann, & K. Schmidt-Koenig, eds.). German Ornithol.Soc., Bonn.
  • Homberger, D.G. & R.A. Meyers. 1989. The morphology of the lingual apparatus of the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus, with special attention to the structure of the fasciae. Am.J.Anat., 186 (3): 217-257.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1988. Models and tests in functional morphology: The significance of description and integration. Amer.Zool., 28 (1): 217-229.
  • Bock, W.J. & D.G. Homberger. 1988. Preface. (Symposium: “Questions, explanations, models and tests in morphology: The interaction between hypotheses and empirical observations”). Amer.Zool., 28 (1): 185-187.
  • Homberger, D.G. & A.H. Brush. 1986. Functional-morphological and biochemical correlations of the keratinized structures of the African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus L.). Zoomorphology, 106: 103-114.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1985. Parrot. Pp. 437-439 in A New Dictionary of Birds (B. Campbell & E. Lack, eds.). British Ornithologists’ Union. Poyser, Calton.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1980. Functional morphology and evolution of the feeding apparatus in parrots, with special reference to the Pesquet’s Parrot, Psittrichas fulgidus (Lesson). Pp. 471-485 inConservation of New World Parrots (R.F. Pasquier, ed.). International Council for Bird Preservation Technical Paper No. 1. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Güntert, M. & D.G. Homberger. 1973. Die Vögel des Kanha-Nationalparkes am Ende der Monsun-Regenzeit. (The birds of the Kanha National Parks, India, at the end of the monsoon season). Vierteljahrsschr. Naturforsch. Ges. Zürich, 118:31-53.
  • Homberger, D.G. and V. Ziswiler. 1972. Funktionell-morphologische Untersuchungen am Schnabel von Papageien. (Functional-morphological studies on the bill of parrots). Rev.suisse Zool., 79: 1038-1048.