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Hawks (bird)

Known as: Hawk, Hawks, hawking 
Common name for many members of the FALCONIFORMES order, family Accipitridae, generally smaller than EAGLES, and containing short, rounded wings and… (More)

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2010
2010
Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence from Village Economies∗
This paper measures the economic impacts of social pressures to share income with relatives and neighbors in rural African… (More)
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2010
2010
Vespertilionid bats control the width of their biosonar sound beam dynamically during prey pursuit.
Animals using sound for communication emit directional signals, focusing most acoustic energy in one direction. Echolocating bats… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Antennal mechanosensors mediate flight control in moths.
Flying insects have evolved sophisticated sensory capabilities to achieve rapid course control during aerial maneuvers. Among two… (More)
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2007
2007
Selection on Floral Morphology and Environmental Determinants of Fecundity in a Hawk Moth-pollinated Violet'
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This paper presents the results of a 5-yr field study on the determinants of individual variation in maternal fecundity (seed… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Disease ecology in the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): host genetic diversity, parasite load and natural antibodies.
An increased susceptibility to disease is one hypothesis explaining how inbreeding hastens extinction in island endemics and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Echolocation range and wingbeat period match in aerial-hawking bats.
Aerial-hawking bats searching the sky for prey face the problem that flight and echolocation exert independent and possibly… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Predator-specific alarm calls in Campbell's monkeys, Cercopithecus campbelli
One of the most prominent behavioural features of many forest primates are the loud calls given by the adult males. Early… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Isolation of West Nile virus from mosquitoes, crows, and a Cooper's hawk in Connecticut.
West Nile (WN) virus, a mosquito-transmitted virus native to Africa, Asia, and Europe, was isolated from two species of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Scaling of echolocation call parameters in bats.
I investigated the scaling of echolocation call parameters (frequency, duration and repetition rate) in bats in a functional… (More)
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1981
Highly Cited
1981
The effect of the thermal environment on the ability of hatchling Galapagos land iguanas to avoid predation during dispersal
During the month of February 1979, several hundred hatchling land iguanas (Conolophus pallidus) were observed emerging from their… (More)
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