Publications:
Articles:
Book Chapters:
- Heers, A. M., Varghese, S. L., Hatier, L. K., and Cabrera, J. J. (2021). Multiple Functional Solutions During Flightless to Flight-Capable Transitions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, 1-17.
- Dial, K. P., and Heers, A. M. (2021). Waxing and Waning of Wings. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36, 457-470.
- Heers, A. M., Rankin, J. W., and Hutchinson, J. R. (2018). Building a Bird: Musculoskeletal Modeling and Simulation of Wing-Assisted Incline Running During Avian Ontogeny. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 6, 1-25.
- Heers, A. M. (2016). New Perspectives on the Ontogeny and Evolution of Avian Locomotion. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56(3), 428-441.
- Heers, A. M., Baier, D. B., Jackson, B. E., and Dial, K. P. (2016). Flapping before Flight: High Resolution, Three-Dimensional Skeletal Kinematics of Wings and Legs during Avian Development. PLoS ONE 11(4), e0153446. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153446.
- Heers, A. M., and Dial, K. P. (2015). Wings versus legs in the avian bauplan: Development and evolution of alternative locomotor strategies. Evolution 69, 305-320.
- Heers, A. M., Dial, K. P., and Tobalske, B. W. (2014). From baby birds to feathered dinosaurs: incipient wings and the evolution of flight. Paleobiology 40, 459-476.
- Dial, T. R., Heers, A. M., and Tobalske, B. W. (2012). Ontogeny of aerodynamics in mallard ducks: comparative performance and developmental implications. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 3693-3702.
- Heers, A. M., and Dial, K. P. (2012). From extant to extinct: locomotor ontogeny and the evolution of avian flight. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27, 296-305.
- Heers, A. M., Tobalske, B. W., and Dial, K. P. (2011). Ontogeny of lift and drag production in ground birds. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 717-725.
Book Chapters:
- Heers, A. M. (2018). Flight and Locomotion. In Ornithology: Foundation, Analysis, and Application, Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Dial, K. P., Heers, A. M., and Dial, T. R. (2015). Ontogenetic and evolutionary transformations in avian locomotion: the ecological significance of rudimentary structures. In Great transformations: Major Events in the History of Vertebrate Life, University of California Press.