Avian flight / John J. Videler.

By:

Videler, John J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford ornithology series ; 14.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 258 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1423786602
9781423786603
9780199299928
0199299927
128075401X
9781280754012
9780191714924
0191714925
0198566034
9780198566038

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Avian flight.DDC classification:

573.79818 22

LOC classification:

QL698.7 .V53 2005eb

NLM classification:

QL 698.7 V652a 2005

Other classification:

42.83
42.12

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Contents:

1. Acquisition of knowledge -- 2. The flight apparatus -- 3. Feathers for flight -- 4. Aerodynamics -- 5. Evolution of bird flight -- 6. Bird flight modes -- 7. The bird flight engine -- 8. Energy required for flight -- 9. Comparing the metabolic costs of flight.

Summary: This accessible reference covers all the main aspects of arial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of bird flight study, aerodynamics, fuctional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the costs of flight.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This accessible reference covers all the main aspects of arial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of bird flight study, aerodynamics, fuctional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the costs of flight.

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