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Morphometric characterisation of wing feathers of the barn owl Tyto alba pratincola and the pigeon Columba livia

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Zoology, November 2007
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Title
Morphometric characterisation of wing feathers of the barn owl Tyto alba pratincola and the pigeon Columba livia
Published in
Frontiers in Zoology, November 2007
DOI 10.1186/1742-9994-4-23
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Authors

Thomas Bachmann, Stephan Klän, Werner Baumgartner, Michael Klaas, Wolfgang Schröder, Hermann Wagner

Abstract

Owls are known for their silent flight. Even though there is some information available on the mechanisms that lead to a reduction of noise emission, neither the morphological basis, nor the biological mechanisms of the owl's silent flight are known. Therefore, we have initiated a systematic analysis of wing morphology in both a specialist, the barn owl, and a generalist, the pigeon. This report presents a comparison between the feathers of the barn owl and the pigeon and emphasise the specific characteristics of the owl's feathers on macroscopic and microscopic level. An understanding of the features and mechanisms underlying this silent flight might eventually be employed for aerodynamic purposes and lead to a new wing design in modern aircrafts.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 8 4%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Sweden 2 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Pakistan 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Romania 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 203 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 19%
Student > Bachelor 38 17%
Student > Master 25 11%
Researcher 23 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 7%
Other 28 13%
Unknown 51 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 78 35%
Engineering 52 23%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 3%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 2%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 2%
Other 19 9%
Unknown 59 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 January 2022.
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#3,415,510
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Outputs from Frontiers in Zoology
#208
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#12,730
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Zoology
#1
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