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| Introduction to birds | Gill Chapter 1
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| Phylogeny and Evolution | Gill Chapter 2, 3
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| Speciation | Gill Chapter 19, Bird Feeders and Evolution Podcast, NPR Science Friday, Dec 4, 2009 Bleiweiss 2004 PNAS 101:16561-16564 Lovette and Bermingham 1999 PRSLB 266:1629-1636 Bermingham et al. 1992 PNAS 89:6624-6628 Thompson 1991 Condor 93:987,
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| Avian Integumentary System | Gill Chapter 4 |
| Flight | Gill Chapter 5 Morphological response of songbirds to 100 years of landscape change in North America.
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| Avian Thermoregulation | Gill Chapter 6 |
| Evolution of Avian Migration
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Gill Chapter
Tracking Bird Migration Podcast, NPR Science Friday, October 9, 2009 |
| Pre-migratory State
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| Orientation and Navigation
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| Avian Respiration
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