Parrots and Cockatoos

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  • Homberger, D.G. 2017. Functional-morphological Diversity and Complexity of the Larynx as a Basis for Vocal Complexity in Birds: Analogies to Human Speech. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 577.8 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.577.8
  • Homberger, D.G. 2016. Comparative beak morphology of two subspecies of Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos: Small changes with significant functional effects as a model for macroevolutionary processes. Anatomical Record 299 (Special Feature: ICVM11-2016 Program and Abstracts): 24, 131-132
  • Bonin, J. & Homberger, D. 2012. Possible convergent evolution of yellow psittacofulvin colors in the feathers of cockatoos (Cacatuidae) and parrots (Psittacidae). FASEB J., 26 (March 29): 722.23.
  • Bonin, J.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. Optical properties of yellow psittacofulvin colors in the tail feathers of cockatoos (Cacatuidae) and parrots (Psittacidae). Poster abstract P1. 124 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 52 (suppl 1): e202-e356. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics079.
  • Redd, T.C, Dubansky, B.H., Osborn, M.L., Tully, T.N. & Homberger, D.G. (2012). A registration algorithm for the identi﬿cation 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. http://www.cscjournals.org/manuscript/Journals/IJBB/Volume6/Issue3/IJBB-167.pdf
  • Broussard, K.H., da Cunha, A.F., Beaufrere, H., Tully, T.N., & Homberger, D.G. 2011.Clinical neuroanatomy of the wing of the Hispaniolan Amazon Parrot (Amazona ventralis). Proceedings of the 11thEuropean Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference (EAAV) and 1st European College of Zoological Medicine (ECZM) Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 26-30 April 2011: 389-391.
  • da Cunha, A., Acierno, M., Strain, G.M., Sanchez, D., Guzman, M., Rademacher, N., Tully, T.N., Homberger, D. & Ritchie, B.W. 2009. Comparison between palpation, ultrasound and nerve stimulation guided techniques for brachial plexus block in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis). Proceedings of the 10th European Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference (AAV) and 8thScientific European College of Avian Medicine and Surgery (ECAMS) Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium, 17-21 March 2009: 25-26.
  • da Cunha, A., Acierno, M., Strain, G.M., Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, D., Tully, T.N., Homberger, D.G., & Ritchie, B.W. 2008. Comparison between palpation, ultrasound, and nerve stimulation guidance for brachial plexus blocks in Hispaniolan Amazon parrots (Amazona ventralis). Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, Savannah, Georgia, 11-14 August 2008: 19-20.
  • Homberger, D.G., Hopkins, B.A., Osborn, M., Castille, A., Bragulla, H.H., Matthews II, K.L., Barnett, H., Butler, L., & Tully, T.N. 2007. The ridge pattern of the cornified oral surface of the upper beak of parrots: Individuality and genus-level character. J. Morph., 268 (12): 1086. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.10589/epdf
  • Homberger D.G., Castille, A., Dubansky, B., Hopkins, B.A., Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, D., Roundtree, L., & Tully, T.N. 2007. Determining individual characteristics of palatal and maxillary filing ridges in the beaks of Hispaniolan Amazon parrots (Amazona ventralis). Proceedings of the 9th European Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference and 7th European College of Avian Medicine & Surgery Scientific Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 27-31 March 2007: 59-60.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2006. The Classification and the Status of Wild Populations of Parrots. Pp. 3-12 in Manual of Parrot Behavior (A. Luescher, ed.). Blackwell Publishing, Ames, Iowa.
  • Homberger, D. G. 2003. The evolution of feeding adaptations of Australian cockatoos: Evidence for a Gondwanan origin of Psittaciformes. P. 181 in Program and Book of Abstracts of VII Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Termas de Puyehue, Chile, October 5‑1.
  • Homberger, D.G. 2003. The comparative biomechanics of a prey-predator relationship: The adaptive morphologies of the feeding apparatus of Australian Black-Cockatoos and their foods as a basis for the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the Psittaciformes. Pp. 203-228 in Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution (V.L. Bels, J.-P. Gasc, & A. Casinos, eds.). BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford.
  • Homberger, D. G. 2001. Functional morphology of a predator-prey relationship: Australian cockatoos and woody fruits. Amer. Zool., 41 (6): 1474-1475.
  • 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 21stcentury (H.M. Dutta & J.S. Datta Munshi, eds.). Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi; and Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire.
  • Homberger, D.G. 1996. The quadrato-mandibular joint of parrots – a case study of the adaptive significance of a structure. Amer. Zool., 36 (5): 21A.
  • 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. Viellard, M.L. da Silva & W.R. Silva, eds.). UNICAMP, Campinas, Brasil.
  • Homberger, D. G., G. Chapman, and R. Schodde. 1994. Functional morphology of the unique feeding and seed-shelling mechanism of the Australian Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami. Amer. Zool., 35 (5): 59A.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1994. The adaptive radiation of the ecology, bill structure, and feeding mechanism of Australian cockatoos as a model for the evolution of seed predation in Psittaciformes. J. f. Ornithol., 135 (3): 435.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1994. Oekomorphologie der rotschwänzigen Rabenkakadu-Arten (Calyptorhynchusspp.) 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. 1993. Divergence of the feeding mechanism in the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.). Amer. Zool., 26 (5): 76A.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1992. Ecomorphology of the feeding mechanism of two Australian cockatoos. Amer. Zool., 32 (5): 145A.
  • 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. The evolutionary history of parrots and cockatoos: A model for evolution in the Australasian avifauna. Acta XX Congr. Int. Ornithol. (Suppl.): 254.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1989. 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 Proc. Int. 100. DO-G Meeting: Current topics in avian biology (R. van den Elzen, K.-L. Schuchmann, & K. Schmidt-Koenig, eds.). German Ornithol. Soc., Bonn.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1986. The lingual apparatus of the African Grey Parrot, Psittacus erithacus Linné (Aves: Psittacidae): Description and theoretical mechanical analysis. Ornithological Monographs, No. 39, pp. 232. (Research Monograph).
  • 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. Funktionelle Anatomie der Papageienzunge. J. f. Ornithol., 126 (3): 345‑346.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1985. Drinking behavior and feeding adaptations in parrots. P. 1010 in Acta XVIII Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, Vol. 2 (V.D. Ilyichev and V.M. Gavrilov, eds.). Nauka, Moscow. (Abstract).
  • 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. 1983. Nonadaptive evolution of avian drinking methods. Amer. Zool., 23 (4): 894.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1982. Hydraulic structures in the avian lingual apparatus. Amer. Zool., 22 (4): 943.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1981. What to do with dead parrots. Bird World, 4 (1): 34‑35.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1981. Morphological foundations of the bill honing behavior in parrots (Psittaci). Amer. Zool., 21 (4): 1039. (Abstract).
  • 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.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1980. Funktionell‑morphologische Untersuchungen zur Radiation der Ernährungs‑ und Trinkmethoden der Papageien (Psittaci). [Functional morphological studies on the radiation of the feeding and drinking methods of the parrots]. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, No. 13, pp. 192. (Research Monograph; awarded the Erwin-Stresemann-Prize in 1988).
  • Homberger, D. G. 1979. Functional morphology of the larynx in the parrot Psittacus erithacus. Amer. Zool. 19 (3): 988. (Abstract).
  • Homberger, D. G. 1979. Review of "Parrots of the World, 2nd ed." by J.M. Forshaw. Auk, 96 (4): 829‑830.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1978. Funktionelle Morphologie des Nahrungsaufnahme‑Apparates und die Systematik der Papageien. (Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus and systematics of the parrots). J. Orn., 119 (4): 473. (Abstract).
  • Homberger, D. G. 1978. Functional morphology of the parrot tongue (Psittacus erithacus). Amer. Zool., 18 (3): 623. (Abstract).
  • Homberger, D. G. 1977. Functional morphology of drinking methods in parrots (Psittaci). Amer. Zool., 17 (4): 871. (Abstract).
  • Homberger, D. G. & V. Ziswiler. 1972. Funktionell‑morphologische Untersuchungen am Schnabel von Papageien. [Functional‑morphological studies on the bill of parrots]. Rev. Suisse Zool., 79: 1038‑1048.