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Michael B Habib 
 

Department of Sciences, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.  Specialist in flight biomechanics.

Habib M. and C. B. Ruff., 2008, The effects of locomotion on the structural characteristics of avian limb bones. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 601-624

Habib M. B., 2008, Comparative evidence for quadrupedal launch in pterosaurs. p161-168: In - Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D. W. E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp

Witton M. and Habib M., 2010, The volancy, or not, of giant pterosaurs. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31(S1):76-78

Witton M. and Habib M., 2010, On the size and flight diversity of giant pterosaurs, the use of birds as pterosaur analogues and comments on pterosaur flightlessness. PLoS ONE. 5(11): e13982. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013982

Habib M. and Godfrey S., 2010, On the hypertrophied opisthotic processes in Dsungaripterus weii Young (Pterodactyloidea, Pterosauria). Acta Geoscientica Sinica 31(S1):26-26

Habib, M. and Cunningham J., 2010, Capacity for Water Launch in Anhanguera and Quetzalcoatlus. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31(S1):24-25

Habib M., 2010, 10,100 Miles: Maximum range and soaring efficiency of azhdarchid pterosaurs. J. Vert. Paleontol., SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2010: 99A. 2010. Soaring efficiency and long distance travel in giant pterosaurs. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31(S1):27-28

Habib M., 2010, The structural mechanics and evolution of aquaflying birds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99(4): 687-698