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Avian flight /

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.

Основен автор: Videler, John J.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Серия: Oxford ornithology series ; 14.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=162479
Подобни документи: Print version:: Avian flight.
Съдържание:
  • 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.