The Feather structure of dippers: Water repellency and resistance to water penetration

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 563-568

  Rijke, Arie M ^a   Jesser, William A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIAMETER; FEATHER; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER STRESS;

APODIDAE; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CINCLIDAE; CINCLUS CINCLUS; CINCLUS PALLASII; STURNIDAE;

EID: 77956093485     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-172.1     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. ATTENBOROUGH, D. 1998. The life of birds. VideoH Episode 5. BBC Books, London, England.
2. CASSIE, A. B. D. AND S. BAXTER. 1944. Wettability of porous surfaces. Transactions of the Faraday Society 40:546-551.
3. ELOWSON, A. M. 1984. Spread-wing postures and the water repellency of feathers: a test of Rijke's hypothesis. Auk 101:371-383.
4. KENNEDY, R. J. 1970. Directional water-shedding properties of feathers. Nature 227:736-737.
5. KENNEDY, R. J. 1972. The probable function of flexules. Ibis 114:265-266.
6. MOILLIET, J. L. (Editor). 1963. Water proofing and water repellency. Elsevier, New York, USA.
7. ORMEROD, S. J. AND S. J. TYLER. 2005. Family Cinclidae (Dippers). Pages 332-355 in Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 10 (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. A. Cristie, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
8. RIJKE, A. M. 1968. The water repellency and feather structure of cormorants, Phalacrocoracidae. Journal of Experimental Biology 48: 185-189.
9. RIJKE, A. M. 1970. Wettability and phylogenetic development of feather structure in water birds. Journal of Experimental Biology 52:469-479.
10. RIJKE, A. M. AND E. H. BURGER. 1985. Wettability of feathers and behavioural patterns in water birds. Proceedings of the Pan-African Ornithological Congress 6:153-158.
11. RIJKE, A. M., W. A. JESSER, AND S. A. MAHONEY. 1989. Plumage wettability of the African Darter, (Anhinga melanogaster) compared with the Double-crested Cormorant, (Phalacrocorax auritus). Ostrich 60:128-132.
12. RIJKE, A. M., W. A. JESSER, S. W. EVANS, AND H. BOUWMAN. 2000. Water repellency and feather structure of the Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea). Ostrich 71:143-145.
13. RUTSCHKE, E. 1960. Untersuchungen über Wasserfestigkeit und Struktur des Gefieders von Schwimmvögeln. Zoologische Jahrbücher 87: 441-506.