Meyers, R.A. 2019. Comparative anatomy of the postural mechanisms of the forelimbs of birds and mammals. Journal of Ornithology 160(3): 869-882.
Walker, A.M. and R.A. Meyers. 2019. The Anatomy and histochemistry of flight hindlimb posture in birds. II. The flexed hindlimb posture of perching birds. Journal of Anatomy 234: 668-678.
Christensen, L.A., Allred, L. M., F. Goller, and R.A. Meyers. 2017. Is sexual dimorphism in singing behavior related to syringeal muscle composition? The Auk 134(3):710-720. [https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-3.1]
Meyers, R.A. and J. McFarland. 2016. Anatomy and histochemistry
of spread-wing posture in birds. 4. Eagles soar with fast, not slow muscle fibers. Acta Zoologica 97:319-324.
Cooper, B., Mendez,
J.M., Saar, S., Whetstone, A.G., Meyers, R.A., and F. Goller. 2012.
Age-related changes in the Bengalese finch song motor program. Neurobiology of Aging 33(3):564-568
Uchida, A.M.,
R.A. Meyers, B.G. Cooper, and F. Goller. 2010. Fibre architecture and
song activation rates of syringeal muscles are not lateralized in the
European starling. J. Exp Biology 213: 1069-1078.
McFarland, J.
and R.A. Meyers. 2008. Anatomy and histochemistry of hindlimb flight
posture in birds. 1. The extended hindlimb posture of shorebirds. J. Morphol. 269(8):967-979.
Shepard, L.S., McFarland, J.C. and R.A. Meyers. 2008. Hindlimb flight posture of Utah shorebirds. Utah Birds 21(1):13-25.
Meyers,. R.A. and J.W. Hermanson. 2006. The horse soleus muscle: postural sensor or vestigial structure? Anatomical Record 288A(10):1068-1076.
Meyers, R.A. and R.P. Myers. 2005. Mandibular bowing and mineralization
in Brown Pelicans. Condor 107:447-451.
Meyers, R.A. and E.F. Stakebake. 2005. Anatomy and histochemistry
of spread-wing posture in birds. 3. Immunohistochemistry of flight muscles
and the "shoulder lock" in albatrosses. J.
Morphol. 263: 12-29.
Kovacs, C.E. and R.A. Meyers. 2000. Anatomy and histochemistry of
flight muscles in a wing- propelled diving bird, the Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula
arctica. J.
Morphol. 244(2): 109-125
.
Meyers, R.A. and B.M. Clarke. 1998. How do flap-neck chameleons
move their flaps? Copeia
1998: 759-761.
Meyers, R.A. 1997. Anatomy and histochemistry of spread-wing posture in
birds. 1. Wing drying posture in the Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax
auritus. J. Morphol. 233:67-76.
Meyers, R.A. and E. Mathias. 1997. Anatomy and histochemistry of
spread-wing posture in birds. 2. Gliding flight in the California Gull,
Larus californicus: A paradox of fast fibers and posture. J.
Morphol. 233:237-247.
Meyers, R.A. 1996. Morphology of the antebrachial musculature in the American
Kestrel, Falco sparverius (Aves). Ann.
Anat. 178:49-60.
Meyers, R.A. and J.H. Hermanson. 1994. Pectoralis muscle morphology in
the little brown bat, Myotis
lucifugus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae):
A non-convergence with birds. J. Morphol. 219: 269-274.
Meyers, R.A. 1993. Gliding flight in the American Kestrel, Falco sparverius:
An electromyographic study. J. Morphol.
215(3): 213-224.
Meyers, R.A. 1992. The avian Fascia pectoralis: Anatomy and functional
implications. Zool. Jahrb. Anat. 122:
381-384.
Meyers, R.A. 1992. Morphology of the shoulder musculature of the American
Kestrel, Falco sparverius, with implications for gliding flight.
Zoomorphology 112:91-103.
Meyers, R.A. 1992. The morphological basis of folded-wing posture in the
American Kestrel, Falco sparverius. Anat.
Record 232(4):493-498.
Welsford, I.G., R.A. Meyers, D.S. Wilson, R.A. Satterlie and G.E. Goslow,
Jr. 1991. Neuromuscular organization for "wing" control in a mollusc (Clione
limacina) and a bird (Columba livia): Parallels in design. Amer.
Zool. 31:670-679.
Homberger, D.G. and 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. Amer. J. Anat. 186:217-257.
Meyers, R. 1980. An alternative approach to fetal pig dissection. Amer.
Biol. Teacher 42(9):559-561.
Recent Presentations (student co-authors
in bold):
Spainhower, K.B., and Meyers, R.A. 2016. Fiber type distribution and tail muscle function in birds. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR.
Christensen, L., Meyers, R.A.,
and F. Goller. 2014. Lack of Song in Females Does Not Drive Sexual
Dimorphism in Syringeal Muscle Composition. Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Austin, TX.
Spainhower, K.B., Milligan, C., L. Christensen, L.,
Meyers, R.A., and F. Goller. 2014. Species differences in the
restructuring of syringeal muscles after denervation. Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX.
Allred, L. M., Christensen, L.A.,
Meyers, R.A., and F. Goller, 2011. Denervation and Testosterone Changes
Muscle Fiber Types in the Zebra Finch Syrinx. Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, UT.
Meyers, R.A., L. Allred, S. Ahmad, and F.
Goller. 2010. Effects of Denervation and Androgen Supplementation on
Zebra Finch Syrinx Morphology. 9th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Uchida, A.M., J. Green, S. Ahmad,
F. Goller and R.A. Meyers. 2009. Sexual Dimorphism of Syringeal Muscles
in Songbirds. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston,
MA.
Meyers, R.A., McFarland, J.C. and Shepard, L.S.
2008. Hold ‘Em or Fold ‘Em? Structure and evolution of hindlimb flight
posture in birds. 125th American Ornithologists Union, Portland, OR.
Uchida, A.M., Leaptrot, M.B., Meyers,
R.A. and Goller, F., and 2008. Structure and function of songbird
syringeal muscles. 125th American Ornithologists Union, Portland,
OR.
Uchida, A.M., Lemmon, K., Mcfarland, J.C.,
Cooper, B.G., Goller, F., and Meyers, R.A. 2007. Structure and Function
of European Starling Syringeal Muscles. 8th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France, July 16-21
Meyers, R.A. and McFarland, J.C. 2007. Anatomy and Histochemistry of Golden Eagle Flight Muscles. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ
Shepard, L.S.
and Meyers, R.A. 2007. Hold ‘Em or Fold ‘Em? Hindlimb Flight Posture in
Birds. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ
Uchida, A.M., Lemmon, K., Mcfarland, J.C.,
Cooper, B.G., Goller, F., and Meyers, R.A. 2007. Structure and Function
of Syringeal Muscles in European Starlings. Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ
McFarland, J. and Meyers, R.A 2006. Anatomy and histochemistry of hindlimb
flight posture in shorebirds. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Orlando, FL
Meyers, R.A, Schmutz, D. and Goller, F. 2006. Histochemical analysis of
songtbird syringeal muscles. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Orlando, FL
Gray, P., Meyers, R. and Bernal, D. 2006. The effect of temperature
on the metabolic biochemical capacity in the hearts of warm bodied sharks.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Orlando, FL
Myers, R.P. and R.A. Meyers. 2004.
Taking the plunge: Pouch morphology and function in the Brown Pelican. Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
New Orleans
,
LA.
Stakebake, E. F. and R.A. Meyers. 2001. The albatross shoulder
lock: A biomechanical and immunohistochemical study. Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Chicago
,
IL.
Meyers, R.A., T.R. Button, B.M. Clarke, and J.W. Hermanson. 1998.
The horse soleus muscle: Postural sensor or vestigial structure? Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Boston
,
MA
Clarke, B.M. and R.A. Meyers. 1997. Neck-flap movement in Chamaeleo
dilepis: A model undergraduate research project. Annual meeting of the
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters,
Ogden
,
Utah
.
Meyers, R.A. and B.M. Clarke. 1997. The flap neck chameleon: How
does it move its flaps? American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists,
Seattle
,
Washington
Kovacs, C., R. Meyers, and G.E. Goslow, Jr. 1995. Two gears in the flight
muscles of wing-propelled diving birds? Satellite Symposium
preceding the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Tucson
,
Arizona
.
Mathias, E.R., B.A. Chadwell, and R.A Meyers. 1995. Gliding flight
in gulls: The paradox of fast muscle fibers and posture. American Society
of Zoologists,
Washington,
DC
.
Meyers, R.A., S.P. Murray, and E.R. Mathias. 1995. Spread-wing
posture in the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus:
Anatomy and histochemistry. American Society of Zoologists,
Washington
,
DC
.
Meyers, R.A., J.A. Gerwin, and J.W. Hermanson. 1994. Mechanism of spread-wing
posture in the double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus.
4th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphologists,
Chicago
,
Illinois
.
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