Longer wing bones in warmer climates suggest a role of thermoregulation in bird wing evolution

Weeks, Brian CHarvey, ChristinaTobias, Joseph A.Sheard, CatherineZhou, ZhizhuoFouhey, David F2025-08-112025-08-112025-04-04Weeks, B C, Harvey, C, Tobias, J A, Sheard, C, Zhou, Z & Fouhey, D F 2025, 'Longer wing bones in warmer climates suggest a role of thermoregulation in bird wing evolution', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 34, no. 4, e70033. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.700331466-822XORCID: /0000-0002-8259-1275/work/189636473https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25829We thank Benjamin M. Winger and Brett Benz for access to skeletal specimens at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.81140333engAllen's rulebirdsflightheat dissipationmacroecologymorphologywing evolutionQL ZoologySupplementary DataDASLinkdryadQLLonger wing bones in warmer climates suggest a role of thermoregulation in bird wing evolutionJournal article10.1111/geb.70033344