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On the wing : insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight /
On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats. David Alexander describes and evaluates both traditional and modern wing-origin theories in light of new fossil and genetic evidence.
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a On the wing : |b insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight / |c David E. Alexander ; illustrations by Sara L. Taliaferro. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; 1. Can't Tell the Players without a Scorecard; 2. Theme and Variations: Similarities and Differences among Nature's Flyers; 3. How to Fly?; 4. Gliding Animals: Flight without Power; 5. Insects: First to Fly; 6. Birds: The Feathered Flyers; 7. Bats: Wings in the Dark; 8. Pterosaurs: Bygone Dragons; 9. Pedestrians Descended from Flyers: Loss of Flight; 10. Unifying Themes?; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats. David Alexander describes and evaluates both traditional and modern wing-origin theories in light of new fossil and genetic evidence. | ||
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