Talks and Seminars

(*invited; presenter of multi-authored contributions in bold)

  • Histology and 3D Modeling of the Connective Tissue Skeleton in the Trunk of a Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Wood, B.M., Gudo, M. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster). Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 22 April 2018
  • 3D Modeling and Animation of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) of a Human Male with Implications for the Study of TMJ Dysfunction. Sonnier, B. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster). Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 22 April 2018
  • *Applications of non-destructive 3D data acquisition and processing for biomechanical computation, soft tissue visualization, and 4D real-life animation. Contribution to the Symposium “Realistic and Testable Models in Comparative Anatomy: Creative Uses of 3D/4D Imaging Techniques (Michelle L. Osborn & Dominique G. Homberger, conveners). Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 23 April 2018
  • Free-body Diagram Force Analysis in 2D and 3D: A Tool to Study Comparative Vertebrate Biomechanics. Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster). Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Chicago, IL, 22-25 April 2017
  • 3D Imaging using MRI of a Non-mineralized Complex Organism: The Jawless Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) as a Model. Wood, B.M., Jia, G., Carmichael. O., McKlveen, K. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster). Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Chicago, IL, 22-25 April 2017
  • Functional-morphological Diversity and Complexity of the Larynx as a Basis for Vocal Complexity in Birds: Analogies to Human Speech. (Poster). Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Chicago, IL, 22-25 April 2017
  • Evolution and the Heart Sutra in the Mandala of Iwasaki Tsuneo (1917–2002). (Oral presentation). Panel discussion “Atomic to Cosmic: Science in Painting Enlightenment” as part of the exhibition “Painting Enlightenment: Experiencing Wisdom and Compassion Through Art and Science” (Paintings by Iwasaki Tsuneo 1917–2002). LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA. September 9-November 27, 2016. 13 Oct. 2016. http://www.lsumoa.org/painting-enlightenment
  • Towards an integrated understanding of songbird vocalization through micro-dissection and 3D modeling and animation.  Homberger, D.G. & Cozic, A.M. (Talk) NAOC VI (North American Ornithological Conference), Washington DC, 16-20 August 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. (Oral presentation) 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM11), Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD. 29 June 29-July 3, 2016
  • The role of cervical air sacs in the vocalization of songbirds. Cozic, A.M. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster) 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM11), Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD. 29 June 29-July 3, 2016
  • Modeling the skeletomuscular system in Sea Lampreys (Petromyzon marinus): An integrative approach from microdissection, 3D imaging, and field observations. Wood, B.M., Kynard, B.E. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster) 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM11), Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD. 29 June 29-July 3, 2016
  • The head suspension apparatus of cats and the shoulder suspension apparatus of humans: Modeling a macroevolutionary transformation with extant organisms. Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. (Poster) 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM11), Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD. 29 June 29-July 3, 2016
  • *Integrating cutting-edge morphology, 3D animation and physical Modeling: How birds sing. Cozic, A.M. & Homberger, D.G. Imaging Symposium: Biomedical, Materials & Computation 2016. Louisiana State University, Pennington Biomedical Center, Baton Rouge, 23 April 2016
  • *Reconstruction and Modeling of the Gondwanan Origin and Adaptive History of Cockatoos: The Comparative Feeding Behavior and Eco-morphology of Forest and Woodland Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos. Contributed lecture. Symposium 14: Gondwana Lessons from Fine-scale, Long-term Bird Vulnerability Studies (Jaime E. Jimenez & Phoebe Barnard, org.). VIII Southern Connections Congress, Punta Arenas (Chile), 23 January 2016
  • *Homo sapiens as an invasive species: Similarities with and differences from other species – The feeding ecology and evolutionary history of the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos as a Counter Model. Lecture.  Conference “Aboriginal Illawarra Before Colonisation” (Les Bursill, Organizer). University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (Australia), 1-2 August 2015
  • *The Feeding Ecology of the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos and the Patagonian Austral Parakeets: Implications for the Evolution of the Psittaciformes. Lecture. July Meeting, Canberra Ornithologists’ Group, Canberra, ACT (Australia), 8 July 2015
  • *The Feeding Ecology of the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.) and the Patagonian Austral Parakeets (Enicognathus spp.): Implications for the Evolution of the Psittaciformes. Discussion Group of Prof. Rob Heinsohn, College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, ACT (Australia), 3 July 2015
  • *The Feeding Ecology of the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.) and the Patagonian Austral Parakeets (Enicognathus spp.): Implications for the Evolution of the Psittaciformes. Seminar. Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, FEBE, Deakin University (Melbourne, Geelong and Warrnambool), VIC (Australia), 23 June 2015
  • The Paired Cervico-Cephalic Air Sacs and their Role in the Vocalizations of Songbirds. A.M. Cozic & D.G. Homberger, D.G. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Boston, MA, 28 March-1 April 2015
  • Wood, B.M., B.E. Kynard, & D.G. Homberger (2015). A dorsal longitudinal ligament in Sea Lampreys (Petromyzon marinus): A novel structure involved in trunk movements. Poster, annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists (AAA), Boston, MA, 28 March-1 April 2015.
  • New insights in the functional anatomy of the neck and its organs in songbirds. D.G. Homberger & A.M. Cozic. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, West Palm Beach, FL. 3-7 January 2015
  • *The Interdependent Evolution of the Flight, Feeding, Respiratory and Vocalization Apparatus in Birds: Advances in 3D Visualization and Animation. Keynote lecture, Symposium S38 “Evolutionary Morphology of Birds: New Methods and Concepts”, 26th International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo (Japan), 23 August 2014
  • *A novel model of avian vocalization: The role of the skin, air sacs, and larynx.  Seminar.  Centre for Evolutionary Medicine, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.  17 June 2014
  • An animated 3D model of the synchronous movements of the suprasyringeal structures and organs in the neck of a vocalizing songbird, the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis).  C.E. Blevins, J. Ge, R.A. Suthers, D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 25-29 April 2014
  • The cervical cutaneous and subcutaneous structures in songbirds and their possible roles in vocalization.  A.M. Cozic, R.A. Suthers & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 25-29 April 2014
  • The opening and closing mechanism of the spiracle in the Spiny Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias.  K.L. Paulk, S.C. McFerren & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 25-29 April 2014
  • Modeling a Complex Skeleto-Muscular System in 3D: The Vocalizing Behavior of a Songbird, the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). C.E. Blevins, J. Ge, R.A. Suthers & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Austin, TX. 3-7 January 2014.
  • Bad Posture and its Effects on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis M.L. Osborn, J. Ge, K.P. Melancon, A.R.P. Rau & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Austin, TX. 3-7 January 2014.
  • *The Evolutionary Origin of Avian Flight. Seminar. Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 15 August 2013.
  • *The Evolutionary Origin of Avian Flight. Seminar. The Environmental Futures Centre, Griffith University (Nathan Campus), Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 18 July 2013.
  • *The Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii sspp.) and the Patagonian Austral Parakeets (Enicognathus spp.): Implications for the Evolution of the Psittaciformes.  Seminar. The Environmental Futures Centre, Griffith University (Nathan Campus), Sir Samuel Griffith Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 18 July 2013.
  • Clinically Relevant Changes in the Topographic Relationships of Paranasal Sinuses and Palpable Landmarks in Horse Heads during Postnatal Development.  H.H. Bragulla, B.M. Wood & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, American Association of Veterinary Anatomists, Athens, GA. July 2013
  • The Effect of Posture on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis.  M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger. 125th Anniversary annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Boston, MA, 20-24 April 2013
  • Depicting Structure and Function of Complex Skeleto-Muscular Systems in 3D: The Singing Behavior of a Songbird, Cardinalis cardinalis, as a Model for Human Speech.  C.E. Blevins, J. Ge, R.A. Suthers & D.G. Homberger. (Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award Finalist). 125th Anniversary annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Boston, MA, 20-24 April 2013
  • *Ecología alimentaria de los loros en los bosques nativos de Chile. División Zoológico, Parque Metropolitano de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 5 April 2013
  • *Ecología alimentaria de cacatúas y loros australianos: Aportes a un origen gondwánico de los psitaciformes y relevancia para las cotorras de bosques patagónicos. Seminar. Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 3 April 2013
  • *Ecología alimentaria de cacatúas y loros australianos: Aportes a un origen gondwánico de los psitaciformes y relevancia para las cotorras de bosques patagónicos. Seminar. Bioamérica Consultores, Santiago, Chile, 3 April 2013
  • *Ecología alimentaria de cacatúas y loros australianos: Aportes a un origen gondwánico de los psitaciformes y relevancia para las cotorras de bosques patagónicos. Seminar. Departamento de Biología, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile, 26 March 2013
  • *Various Observations on the Feeding and Reproductive Behaviors of Cachañas (Enicognathus ferrugineus) in Patagonia. Seminar.  Esquel Aves, Esquel (Argentina), 15 February 2013
  • *The Evolution of the Feeding Ecology of Parrots and Cockatoos: An Integrative Approach to Understand the Gondwanian Ecology of Australia and Patagonia.  Seminar.  Omora Research Station, Universidad de Magallanes, Puerto Williams, Chile, 25 January 2013
  • *The Evolution of the Feeding Ecology of Parrots and Cockatoos: An Integrative Approach to Understand the Gondwanian Ecology of Australia and Patagonia. Seminar. Tracing Darwin’s Path Program, Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile, 30 December 2012
  • *Ecología trofica de cacatúas y loros australianos: Aportes a un origen gondwánico de los psitaciformes y relevancia para las cotorras de bosques patagónicos. Seminar. Universidad de Magallanes, Instituto de la Patagonia, Punta Arenas, Chile, 20 December 2012
  • *The Drying of Australia and the Continuing Flowering of Western Patagonia: Gondwana and the Evolutionary Origin of Parrots. Seminar.  Esquel Aves, Esquel (Argentina), 6 December 2012
  • *Ecología alimentaria de cacatúas y loros australianos: aportes a un origen gondwánico de los psitaciformes y relevancia para las cotorras de bosques patagónicos. Seminar. Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina, 3 December 2012.
  • *Adaptaciones morfológicas a las condiciones gondwánicas: los psitácidos de Australia y Chile como modelo de estudio. Seminar. Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile, 29 November 2012.
  • *L’évolution Gondwanienne des Perroquets et Cacatoès. Seminar. L’Alliance Française, Osorno, Chile, 6 November 2012
  • *The Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: A Reconceptualization of a Clinically Important Anatomical Complex. Seminar. Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile, 6 November 2012
  • *Cockatoo Beaks, Eucalypts, and the Drying of Australia: The Evolutionary History of Parrots. Seminar. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, 23 October 2012
  • *The Significance of Aerodynamically Streamlined Body Contours for the Evolution of Birds. Seminar. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, 22 October 2012
  • *The Significance of Aerodynamically Streamlined Body Contours for the Evolution of Birds.  Invited lecture at workshop on morphological evolution and functional morphology of birds, Centenary Celebration of the Ornithological Society of Japan, University of Tokyo, Japan, 15 September 2012
  • Comparative functional morphology of the head suspension of quadrupedal cats and the shoulder suspension of bipedal humans. Poster. M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 21-25 April 2012.
  • Possible convergent evolution of yellow psittacofulvin colors in the feathers of cockatoos (Cacatuidae) and parrots (Psittacidae). Poster. J.A. Bonin & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 21-25 April 2012.
  • Comparative functional morphology of the avian integument: Implications for the evolutionary history of feathers. Poster. E.R. Orellana, B.H. Dubansky & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 21-25 April 2012.
  • The postnatal development of the paranasal sinuses in the horse. Poster. H.H. Bragulla, D.G. Homberger & B.M. Wood. Poster. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 21-25 April 2012.
  • The expansion and recoil mechanism of the skin of alligators and its implications for their feeding mechanism. Poster. B.H. Dubansky & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 21-25 April 2012.
  • The myomere-myoseptal intersections in a lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and a shark (Squalus acanthias). Poster. B.M. Wood, R.J. Andermann & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, 21-25 April 2012.
  • Functional morphology of the crocodilian and avian integument: Implications for the evolutionary origin of feathers in dinosaurs. Oral presentation. D.G. Homberger & B.H. Dubansky.  Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Charleston, SC, 3-7 January 2012.
  • Biomechanical properties of the intermandibulo-cervical integument of alligators: Implications for a more accurate understanding of the alligator feeding mechanism.  Oral presentation.  B.H. Dubansky & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Charleston, SC, 3-7 January 2012.
  • Optical properties of yellow psittacofulvin colors in the tail feathers of cockatoos (Cacatuidae) and parrots (Psittacidae). Poster. J.A. Bonin & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Charleston, SC, 3-7 January 2012.
  • The morphology of the myomere-myoseptal intersections in a lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and a shark (Squalus acanthias). Poster. B.M. Wood, R.J. Andermann & D.G. Homberger. Poster. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Charleston, SC, 3-7 January 2012.
  • *The evolution of the feeding, vocalizing and flying apparatus of birds: An exercise in contextual functional morphology of complex structures.  Invited Plenary Lecture.  5th international meeting on Cranio-Cervical Systems.  Paris, France, 5-8 July 2011
  • The human shoulder suspension apparatus: Biomechanical analysis and asymmetry as a natural experiment.  Poster. M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger.  5th international meeting on Cranio-Cervical Systems.  Paris, France, 5-8 July 2011.
  • Clinical neuroanatomy of the wing of the Hispaniolan Amazon Parrot (Amazona ventralis).  Poster.  K.H. Broussard, A.F. da Cunha, H. Beaufrere, T.N. Tully & D.G. Homberger.  11th European Association of Avian Veterinarian Conference and Expo, Madrid (Spain), 26-30 April 2011
  • The functional morphology of the cranio-cervical envelope of the American Alligator.  Poster.  B.A. Hopkins & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Washington, D.C., 9-13 April 2011
  • Biomechanical analysis of the human head-neck-shoulder complex: Asymmetry as a natural experiment. Poster. M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists, Washington, D.C., 12 April 2011
  • The complex construction of the cranio-cervical envelope of the American Alligator.  Oral presentation. B.A. Hopkins & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Salt Lake City, UT, 3-8 January 2011
  • The human head-neck-shoulder complex: A configuration to free the hands.  Oral presentation.  M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Anatomy, Salt Lake City, UT, 7 January 2011
  • *The multiple functions of the avian plumage. Symposium contribution. 25th International Ornithological Congress, Campos do Jordão (Brazil), 22-28 August 2010
  • The indirect hyoid suspension of birds: A precondition for the evolution of avian flight and the role of the larynx in feeding and vocalization.  Oral presentation.  9th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM-9), Punta del Este, Uruguay, 26-31 July 2010
  • Distribution patterns of soft and hard keratin proteins in finger nails, cat claws, and horse hooves. Poster. H.H. Bragulla, A.L. Foster, A.M. Stokes, M.J. Lopez, & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists at Experimental Biology 2010, Anaheim, CA, 24-28 April 2010
  • The postnatal development of the feline distal phalanx.  Poster. H.H. Bragulla & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting, American Association of Anatomists at Experimental Biology 2010, Anaheim, CA, 24-28 April 2010
  • The function and evolution of the mastoid process and clavicle in humans: A natural experiment. Poster. M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists at Experimental Biology 2010, Anaheim, CA, 24-28 April 2010
  • *The function and evolution of the mastoid process and clavicle in humans: A natural experiment.  Poster. M.L. Osborn & D.G. Homberger.  Biological Anthropology Mini-Meeting at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Anaheim, CA, 27 April 2010
  • *The future and promise of ornithology in India: Ornithologia Indiae – Quo vadis? Ornithological Meet, Federation of Indian Ornithological Societies. Raman Institute, Bangalore, India, 27 December 2009
  • *The functional morphology of the avian integument: Implications for the evolutionary origin of bird flight.  Seminar. Dept. of Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 17 August 2009
  • *The evolutionary interplay between external and internal selective regimes on the feeding apparatus of birds and mammals. Symposium: Comparative Anatomy: Evolutionary morphology of the head-and-neck region in land vertebrates – structures, transformations, functions (Chair: Roland Frey). 17th Conference of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA), Cape Town, South Africa 16-19 August 2009
  • *A comparative analysis of the cat claw, horse hoof, and human fingernail.  H.H. Bragulla & D.G. Homberger. Annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists at Experimental Biology 2009, New Orleans, LA, 18-22 April 2009
  • Comparison between palpation, ultrasound and nerve stimulation guided techniques for brachial plexus block in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis).  A. da Cunha, M. Acierno, G.M. Strain, D. Sanchez, M. Guzman, N. Rademacher, T.N. Tully, D. Homberger & B.W. Ritchie.  10th European Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference (AAV) and 8th Scientific European College of Avian Medicine and Surgery (ECAMS) Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium, 17-21 March 2009
  • A registration-based algorithm for the unique identification of the Hispaniolan Amazon. Poster. C. Camps, J.A. Bonin, B.A. Hopkins, M.L. Osborn, Homberger, D.G. & T.C. Redd.  88th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Belmont university, Nashville, TN, 13-14 March 2009
  • A registration-based algorithm for the unique identification of the Hispaniolan Amazon. Poster. C. Camps, J.A. Bonin, B.A. Hopkins, M.L. Osborn, Homberger, D.G. & T.C. Redd.  Math Awareness Day, NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 2009
  • The complex morphology of the cat claw as revealed through virtual dissection by x-ray computed tomography and software-assisted visualization.  Poster.  J.A. Bonin, I. Hossein, K. Ham, T. Ogunbakin, B.A. Hopkins, M.L. Osborn, H.A. Barnett, K.L. Matthews II, L.G. Butler, H.H. Bragulla, & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Boston, MA, 3-7 January 2009
  • Asymmetry in the human cranio-cervico-omo-clavicular complex suggests connection with bipedalism.  M.L. Osborn & D. G. Homberger.  Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Boston, MA, 3-7 January 2009
  • The gular glands of Alligator mississippiensis condition the interscale skin of the intermandibular and gular regions. B.A. Hopkins & D.G. Homberger.  Poster.  Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Boston, MA, 3-7 January 2009
  • *The evolutionary origin of feathers, flight, and birds.  Seminar.  Dept. of Information and Computer Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan.  8 October 2008
  • *The evolutionary origin of feathers, flight, and birds.  Seminar.  Laboratory of Biodiversity Science, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.  7 October 2008
  • *Convergent Evolution of Articulated Speech in Birds and Humans: The Role of the Larynx (and Other Parts of the Feeding Apparatus) in Avian Vocalization.  Seminar.  Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 9 September 2008
  • *The evolutionary origin of feathers, flight, and birds. Palestra.  Sympósio Internacional “The State of the Art in Ornithology”, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil, 30-31 August 2008
  • Comparison between palpation, ultrasound, and nerve stimulation guidance for brachial plexus blocks in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis).  A. da Cunha, M. Acierno, G.M. Strain, D. Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, T. Tully, D. Homberger, & B.W. Ritchie.  29th Annual Conference & Expo with the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians, Savannah, GA, 11-14 August 2008
  • The Role of the Downy Plumage in Aerodynamically Streamlining the Body Contours of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus).  J. M. Fuller & D.G. Homberger.  125th Annual AOU meeting, Portland, OR, 4-8 August 2008
  • The Pterylosis of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus): An in situ study.  J.M. Fuller & D.G. Homberger.  Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Antonio, TX, 3-7 January 2008
  • The Shoulder Bone Connected to the…Skull Bone”.  M. Osborn & D.G. Homberger. Annual Meeting of the Society for Anthropological Sciences, New Orleans, LA, 20-23 February 2008
  • *The Morphology of the avian plumage: Implications for the evolution of feathers, birds, and avian flight.  Seminar.  Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Germany, 3 August 2007
  • The ridge pattern of the cornified oral surface of the upper beak of parrots: Individuality and genus-level character.  Poster.  D.G. Homberger, B.A. Hopkins, M. Osborn, A. Castille, H.H. Bragulla, K.L. Matthews II, H. Barnett,  L. Butler, & T.N. Tully.  8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, 16-21 July 2007
  • The microarchitecture of the cornified epidermal sheath of the cat claw.  Poster.  D.G. Homberger, H. Barnett, T. Ogunbakin, K. Ham, K.L. Matthews II, L. Butler, & H.H. Bragulla.  8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, 16-21 July 2007
  • The development and vascularization of the bony core (third phalanx) of the cat claw.  Poster.  H.H. Bragulla, H. Barnett, T. Ogunbakin, M. Osborn, K. Ham, K.L. Matthews II, L. Butler, & D.G. Homberger.  8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, 16-21 July 2007
  • Development and resorption of deciduous teeth in the Bowhead Whale fetus (Balaena mysticetus; Mysticeti: Balaenidae).  Poster.  H.H. Bragulla, S.A. Gaines, W.G. Henk, D.G. Homberger, & D.J. Hillmann.  8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, 16-21 July 2007.
  • Comparative, functional, ecological and evolutionary morphology – a research program for undergraduate students at LSU.  Seminar.  LSU/S-STEM Scholars Program, Office of Strategic Initiatives.  26 June 2007
  • Determining individual characteristics of the ridge pattern on the oral surface of the upper beak of Hispaniolan Amazon Parrot (Amazona ventralis).  Talk.  D.G. Homberger, A. Castille, B. Dubansky, B. A. Hopkins,  D. Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, L. Roundtree, & T.N. Tully.  Combined ECAMS (European College of Avian Medicine and Surgery) meeting and EAAV (European Committee of the Association of Avian Veterinarians) conference. Zürich, Switzerland, 27 March – 1 April 2007
  • *Convergent Evolution of Articulated Speech in Birds and Humans: The Role of the Larynx (and Other Parts of the Feeding Apparatus) in Avian Vocalization.  Seminar.  Indiana University Behavior Colloquium, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Host: Roderick H. Suthers), 23 March 2007
  • *The morphology of the avian plumage: Implications for the evolution of feathers, birds, and avian flight.  Seminar.  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 5 January 2007
  • Imaging Tissue Structures: Assessment of Absorption and Phase-Contrast X-ray Tomography Imaging at 2-nd and 3-rd Generation Synchrotrons.  Poster.  Ham. K., Barnett, H., Ogunbakin, T., Homberger, D.G., Bragulla, H.H., Castille, A.R., Matthews II, K., Willson, C.S., & Butler, L.G.  Conference “Developments in x-ray tomography V” (Chair: Ulrich Bonse), Optics and Photonics 2006 Conferences, San Diego, California, 13-17 August 2006.  Organized by the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).  (Proceedings of SPIE Vol. OEI303)
  • *Cockatoo beaks, eucalypts, and the drying of Australia: The evolutionary history of parrots.  Seminar.  Dept. of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2 February 2006
  • *Authoring lab manuals for teaching modern comparative vertebrate anatomy.  Workshop “Teaching comparative anatomy” organized by A. Russell & H. Rosenberg.  31 July 2004 at 7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM-7), Boca Raton, Florida, 27 July-1 August 2004
  • *Retro-Engineering: A Morphological-Analytical Method for Inferring Function and Evolution of Extinct Organisms. Gudo, M. & Homberger, D.G.  7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM-7), Boca Raton, FL, 27-31 July 2004
  • Comparison of the feline claw and the psittacine upper bill: A natural experiment.  Poster.  Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G.  7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM-7), Boca Raton, FL, 27 July-1 August 2004
  • How to open the mouth: The kinetic skull, the jaws, and the branchial apparatus in the shark.  Homberger, D.G., Westphal, K.A., Gudo, M., & Bragulla, H.H.  25th Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists, Oslo, Norway, 28-31July 2004
  • *Cockatoo beaks, eucalypts, and the drying of Australia: The evolutionary history of parrots.  Seminar. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Gungahlin, ACT, Australia, 14 July 2004
  • *Parrot beaks, eucalypts, and the drying of Australia: The evolutionary history of cockatoos.  Seminar.  Schools of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management, and Biological, Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 2004
  • *The role of Indian ornithology within an international context.  Annual meeting, Birdwatchers= Field Club of India, 4 January 2004
  • The Evolution of Feeding Adaptations of Australian Cockatoos: Evidence for a Gondwanan Origin of Psittaciformes.  Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Puerto Montt, Chile, 5-11October 2003
  • *The evolution of feeding adaptations of Australian parrots: Implications for the evolution of Neotropical parrots.  Seminar, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 3 October 2003
  • Function, ecology and evolution of two morphological bill types of Psittaciformes.  Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Toronto, Ontario, 4-8 January 2003
  • *Mechanisms of feather movement: Implications for the biology, ecology and evolution of birds.  23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, 11-17 August 2002
  • Evolution of a predator-prey relationship: Australian cockatoos, wood‑boring insects, and seeds. Homberger, D.G. & Schodde, R.  23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, 11-17 August 2002
  • Functional morphology of a predator-prey relationship: Australian cockatoos and woody fruits.  Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Anaheim, CA, 2-6 January 2002
  • Biomechanics of a predator-prey relationship: Australian cockatoos and eucalypt fruits.  Annual meeting, American Ornithologists= Union, Seattle, WA, 16-18 August 2001
  • *The evolution of birds and avian flight: New data and their implications.  Seminar, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 7 September 2001
  • *The evolution of the avian integument: A model exemplifying the process of macroevolutionary transformation. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Jena, Germany, 21-26 July 2001
  • *Theoretical and Empirical Underpinnings of Functional Morphology. D.G. Homberger, J.M. Starck & G.A. Zweers. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Jena, Germany, 21-26 July 2001
  • *Materials towards an intellectual biography of Walter J. Bock. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Jena, Germany, 21-26 July 2001
  • *Comparative biomechanics of the psittacine skull: A tool for tracing the evolutionary history of feeding adaptations in parrots and cockatoos.  Symposium ABiomechanics and evolution@ at the Annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 2-6 April 2001
  • Die Evolution der Vögel und ihres Federkleides: Auf den Spuren der Makroevolution. [The evolution of birds and their coat of feathers: On the tracks of macroevolution].  133th Annual Meeting of the German Ornithologists= Society. Leipzig, Germany, 19-25 September 2000
  • *Historic adaptation in the Australian environment – Lessons from the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii). Seminar.  CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology, Canberra, Australia, 11 August  2000
  • *The swallow and the song – What the tongue and the larynx do for birds. [with Tony Howard].  Seminar.  CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology, Canberra, Australia, 14 July 2000
  • *Skin, fat, and feathers: How birds evolved from reptiles.  Seminar.  Dept. of Botany & Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.  13 July 2000
  • *The how and why of Black-Cockatoo feeding.  Invited talk.  Canberra Ornithological Group, Canberra, Australia, 12 July 2000
  • Functional microanatomy of the avian integument: Implications for the evolution of birds and flight.  5th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution (SAPE) and the Symposium of Jehol Biota, Beijing, China, 1-4 June 2000
  • *Skin, fat, and feathers: How birds evolved from reptiles.  Seminar.  CSIRO Wildlife & Ecology, Canberra, Australia, 5 May 2000
  • *Feeding adaptations of birds and the ecology and evolution of Australian cockatoos.  Seminar.  Dept. of Zoology, University of Mysore, India, 19 Feb. 2000
  • *Feeding adaptations in birds: Applications to cockatoo evolution.  Seminar.  Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India, 17 Feb. 2000
  • *The microanatomy of the avian integument: Implications for the evolution of birds and avian flight.  Seminar.  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2 Feb. 2000
  • *Towards an integration of systematics and the theory of evolution.  Seminar.  Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, 1 Feb. 2000
  • Functional morphology of the coracoid bar of the Spiny Dogfish  (Squalus acanthias): Implications for the evolutionary history of  the shoulder girdle of vertebrates.  Poster.  M. Gudo & D.G. Homberger.  43rd annual meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of Manchester, UK, 19-22 Dec. 1999
  • *Oekomorphologie und Evolution der australischen Rabenkakadus [Ecological morphology of Australian Black-Cockatoos]. Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin, Germany, 6 Jan. 2000
  • *Die Evolution des Schultergürtels der gnathostomen Wirbeltiere: Ungelöste Fragen und erste Ergebnisse [The evolution of the pectoral girdle of gnathostome vertebrates: Unsolved problems and preliminary results].  (With Michael Gudo). Seminar.  Institut und Museum für Geologie & Paläontologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany, 3 Dec. 1999
  • *Funktionelle Mikroanatomie des Vogelintegumentes: Konsequenzen für die Vogelevolution [Functional microanatomy of the avian integument: Consequences fir the evolution of birds].  Seminar.  Institut und Museum für Geologie & Paläontologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany, 26 Nov. 1999
  • *Evolution der Vögel und des Vogelfluges [Evolution of birds and avian flight].  Seminar.  Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 11 Nov. 1999
  • *Konstruktionsmorphologische Ueberlegungen über die Integration des Schultergürtels in die Körperkonstruktion des  Dornhais (Squalus acanthias) [Constructional morphology of the pectoral girdle and its integration into the body of the Dogfish  (Squalus acanthias)].  M. Gudo & D.G. Homberger.   7. Treffen des Arbeitskreises Konstruktionsmorphologie [7th workshop on constructional morphology].   Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 11 Nov. 1999
  • *Neue Aspekte zur Evolution der Vögel und des Vogelfluges [New aspects of the evolution of birds and avian flight]. Seminar.  Zoomorphology Section, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg, Germany, 26 Oct. 1999
  • *Neue Aspekte der Evolution des Vogelfluges [New aspects of the evolution of avian flight].  Seminar.  Institute of Zoology & Evolutionary Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany, 21 Oct. 1999
  • *Funktionelle Mikroanatomie des Vogelintegumentes: Neue Aspekte der Evolution des Vogelfluges [Functional microanatomy of the avian integument: New aspects of the evolution of birds and avian flight].  Seminar. Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany, 15 Oct. 1999
  • Bau, Funktion und Evolution des Kiefergelenkes der Papageien. [Morphology, function, and evolution of the jaw articulation in parrots].  Annual meeting of the German Ornithologists Society, Bayreuth, Germany, September 1999
  • *The mechanism of feather movements and its implications for the evolution of birds and flight. 2nd Meeting of the European Ornithologists Union, Gdansk, Poland, September 1999
  • Is the shoulder girdle of the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) part of the head or of the trunk?  Poster.  (M. Gudo & D.G. Homberger). Joint Natural History Museum / Systematics Association Conference “Major events in early vertebrate evolution – palaeontology, phylogeny and development”, held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK, 8-9 April 1999
  • *Functional and Evolutionary microanatomy of avian skin. Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Denver, CO, January 1999
  • *The avian linguo-buccal system – multiple functions in nutrition and vocalization.  22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa, August 1998
  • *Skeleto-muscular systems of birds: Answers to old questions through innovation and integration.  (Introduction and conclusions of a symposium).  22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa, August 1998
  • The role of cutaneous and subcutaneous fat in the mechanism of feather movement.  Poster.  22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa, August 1998
  • *The nature of functional, ecological and evolutionary morphology.  (Plenary Lecture).  4th International Workshop on Cranial and Cervical Systems in Vertebrates, Tübingen, Germany, July 1998
  • *The ecology, morphology, and feeding behavior of Australian cockatoos: A model for the evolution of seed-predation in Psittaciformes.  Seminar, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensforschung, Universität Bielefeld, Germany, July 1998
  • *The role of the larynx in articulated vocalization of birds.  Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Boston, MA, January 1998
  • *Functional, ecological and evolutionary morphology of the feeding apparatus in parrots.  Seminar, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, August 1997
  • *Ecological morphology of parrots – building on functional morphology – foundation of evolutionary morphology.  Symposium “Ecomorphology” at the 5th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphologists, Bristol, UK, July 1997
  • The mechanism of the feather movement and the hydrostatic role of cutaneous and subcutaneous fat.  5th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphologists, Bristol, UK, July 1997
  • *Was ist Biologie? [What is Biology?].  Opening Plenary Lecture, Academic Conference “[What do biologists know about life?  The biological sciences after the molecular-genetic revolution]”, Loccum, Germany, May 1997
  • The quadrato-mandibular joint of parrots – a case study of the adaptive significance of a structure.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly the American Society of Zoologists), Division of Vertebrate Morphology, Albuquerque, NM, December 1996
  • *Towards an integration of systematics with the theory of evolution.  7th International Senckenberg Symposium “Organisms, Genes, and Evolution: Evolutionary Theory at the Crossroads”, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, October 1996
  • *Why are independent professional organizations for scientists needed?  Workshop organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia, October 1996
  • *UV-reflection and fluorescence of parrot plumage.  Seminar, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos,  NM, July 1996
  • *Do parrots see the world more objectively than scientists?  Seminar, Division of Wildlife & Ecology, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, July 1996
  • *The comparative feeding ecology and functional morphology of Australian cockatoos: A case study in the phylogenetic reconstruction of a complex group, the Psittaciformes.  Palestra, 5th Congresso Brasileiro de Ornitologia, Campinas, SP, Brazil, February 1996
  • The mechanism of feather movement and the significance of cutaneous and subcutaneous fat.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly the American Society of Zoologists), Division of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, DC, 1995
  • *The ecology, morphology, and feeding behaviour of Australian cockatoos – a model for the evolution of seed predation in Psittaciformes.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology & Entomology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1995
  • The feather raising mechanism and the functional significance of cutaneous and subcutaneous fat.  Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cincinnati, OH, 1995
  • Functional morphology of the unique feeding and seed-shelling mechanism of the Australian Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami.  Annual Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, St. Louis, MO, 1995
  • *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.  21st International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria, 1994
  • The hyoid suspension apparatus as a structural constraint of feeding mechanisms in birds and mammals.  Fourth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Chicago, IL, 1994
  • Evolution of different feeding mechanisms in the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos.  American Ornithological Conference (First Joint Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Wilson Ornithological Society), Missoula, MT, 1994
  • Divergence of the feeding mechanism in the Australian Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchusspp.).   Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologist, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Los Angeles, CA, 1993
  • *Ecological and evolutionary morphology of Australian Cockatoos.  Seminar, Dept. of Biology, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, 1993
  • Ecomorphology of the feeding mechanism of two Australian Cockatoos.  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1992
  • *Oekomorphologie der australischen Rotschwanz-Rabenkakadu Arten (Calyptorhynchus spp.) – Multispektive Biodiversitätsforschung als Grundlage für die Rekonstruktion der Evolutionsgeschichte.  Invited paper at the symposium “Evolution” in celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 1992
  • *The evolutionary history of parrots in the Pacific Region.  Contributed paper at the symposium “Ecological biogeography of the Pacific Islands” (in honor of the contributions of Ernst Mayr) at the 43rd AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992
  • *The ecological and evolutionary morphology of two Australian Cockatoos.  Seminar, Division of Land Resources, DSIR, Nelson, New Zealand, 1990
  • *The evolutionary history of parrots and cockatoos: A model for evolution in the Australasian avifauna.  Contributed paper at the symposium “Australasian Biogeography” at the XX International Ornithological Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1990.
  • *Evolutionary and ecological morphology of Australian cockatoos.  Seminar, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1990.
  • Bill morphology and feeding behavior of two Australian cockatoos, Calyptorhynchus funereus and Cacatua galerita.  Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989
  • *Filing ridges and transversal step of the maxillary rhamphotheca in Australian cockatoos: A homoplastic structural character evolved in adaptation to seed shelling.  Key-note address, International 100th Meeting of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft, Bonn, West Germany, 1988
  • *A pot-pourri of cockatoo feeding.  Seminar, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1988
  • *Methods of functional morphology.  Workshop, Dept. of Zoology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1988
  • *Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus in birds.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1988
  • *The relevance of ecology for functional morphology.  Seminar, Division of Wildlife & Ecology, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1988
  • Functional anatomy of the avian lingual apparatus.  Second International Symposium on Vertebrate Morphology, Vienna, Austria, 1986
  • *A look at the new comparative anatomy.  Seminar, Molecular Biology Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, 1986
  • *Comparative morphology of the avian tongue.  Contributed paper at the symposium “Comparative morphology of birds” at the XIX International Ornithological Congress, Ottawa, Canada, 1986
  • *Neuromotor conservatism and biomechanical transformation.  (Round-table Discussion: Functional and Evolutionary Morphology of the Avian Feeding Apparatus).  19th International Ornithological Congress, Ottawa, Canada, 1986
  • *Models and tests in morphology: The significance of description and integration. Contributed paper at the symposium “Questions, explanations, models, and tests in morphology: The interaction between hypotheses and empirical observations” at the annual meeting of American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Baltimore, MD, 1985
  • *Functional morphology of the lingual apparatus in birds.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1984
  • *Research methodologies and background theories.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, Univer­sity of Zurich, Switzerland, 1984
  • Funktionelle Anatomie der Papageienzunge [Functional anatomy of the parrot tongue].  Annual meeting of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft in Konstanz, West Germany, 1984
  • *Panel discussion at the annual workshop “Education B goals and ideals” of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Association for Women in Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1984
  • Polymorphism of avian drinking methods: A problem in evolutionary and ecological morphology.  Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, New York, 1983
  • Nonadaptive evolution of drinking methods.  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Philadelphia, PA, 1983
  • *Drinking behavior and feeding adaptations in parrots.  (Symposium: Ecologi­cal morphology).  18th International Ornithological Congress, Moscow, USSR, 1982
  • *Theoretical analysis of biomechanical systems.  (Round-table Discussion: Functional-adaptational morphology of the avian feeding apparatus).  18th International Ornithological Congress, Moscow, USSR, 1982
  • Lateral movements of the lower mandible in parrots (Psittaciformes).  Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Chicago, 1982
  • Hydraulic structures in the avian lingual apparatus.  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Louisville, KY, 1982
  • Morphological foundations of the bill honing behavior in parrots (Psittaci).  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Dallas, TX, 1981
  • *Functional Morphology and Evolution of Parrots.  Meeting of the Interna­tional Council for Bird Preservation and World Working Group on Parrots, St. Lucia (West Indies), 1980
  • *Myology of the head in birds.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1980
  • Morphology of the larynx in the Grey Parrot, Psittacus erithacus.  Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Fort Collins, CO, 1980
  • *Some new aspects of the functional anatomy of the feeding apparatus in parrots.  Seminar; Dept. of Zoology and Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1979
  • *Functional morphology of the parrot feeding apparatus.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1979
  • *Functional morphology of the parrot feeding apparatus.  Seminar, Dept. of Zoology, Washington State University, WA, 1979
  • Functional morphology of the larynx in the parrot Psittacus erithacus.  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Tampa, FL, 1979
  • The use of functional analysis of feeding and drinking for parrot sys­tematics.  Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Madison, WI, 1978
  • *Functional morphology of the skeleto-muscular system of the parrot tongue. Seminar, Dept. of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 1978
  • *Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus of parrots and its use for systematics.  Seminar, Systematic Discussion Group, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 1978
  • Functional morphology of the parrot tongue (Psittacus erithacus).  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Richmond, VA, 1978
  • Functional morphology of the parrot tongue (Psittacus erithacus).  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Richmond, VA, 1978
  • *Systematics of parrots. Seminar, Dept. of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 1977
  • Funktionelle Morphologie des Nahrungsaufnahme-Apparates und die Systematik der Papageien [Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus and the systematics of parrots].  Introductory talk at the annual meeting of the Deutsche Ornithologen‑Gesellschaft, Mainz, West Germany, 1977
  • *Funktionelle Morphologie des Nahrungsaufnahme-Apparates der Papageien und neue Aspekte zu ihrer Radiation [Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus of the parrots and new aspects concerning their adaptive radiation].  Seminar, Institut für Zoologie, University of Mainz, Mainz, West Germany, 1977
  • Functional morphology of drinking methods of parrots (Psittaci).  Annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Div. of Vertebrate Morphology, Toronto, Canada, 1977
  • *Biologie, Systematik und Haltung der Papageien [General biology, sys­tematics, and prevention and treatment of diseases of parrots].  Special course for Official Veterinarians, invited by the Kantonales Veterinäramt (Cantonal Veterinarian Office), Zürich, 1975
  • Funktionell-morphologische Untersuchungen am Schnabel von Papageien [Func­tional morphological studies on the bill of parrots].  Annual meeting of the Schweizerische Zoologische Gesellschaft, Zürich, 1972