- or barbs; the
barbs themselves are also
branched and form the
barbules.
These barbules have
minute hooks called barbicels for cross-attachment. Down feathers...
-
number of
flattened barbs, that are
connected to one
another with
barbules. The
barbules are tiny
strands that criss-cross on the
flattened sides of the...
-
sensitive to touch, and
their eyes have a
reduced pecten.
Their feathers lack
barbules and aftershafts, and they have
large vibrissae around the gape. They have...
- that
involves the use of the beak to
position feathers,
interlock feather barbules that have
become separated,
clean plumage, and keep
ectoparasites in check...
-
nanostructures of the
barbules (fiber-like components) of the feathers,
produce the pea****'s colors.
Slight changes to the
spacing of the
barbules result in different...
-
numerous terms describing the
complex structural makeup of
feathers (e.g.,
barbules,
rachides and vanes);
types of
feathers (e.g., filoplume,
pennaceous and...
- In
stage IIIb,
barbules paired within the
peripheral barbule plates of the barb ridges,
create branched barbs with rami and
barbules. This resulting...
-
which he
termed "structural colors." In 1923, C. W.
Mason noted that the
barbules in the pea****
feather were made from very thin layers. Some of
these layers...
-
fossils reported by de la
Fuente (2003). A
pseudoscorpion attached to
barbules of a
contour feather,
possibly do****enting a p****tic ****ociation between...
-
interference from a
single layer of
keratin around the edge of
feather barbules,
under which lies a
layer of air and melanosomes. Once the environmental...
