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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Videler, John J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Collection:Oxford ornithology series ; 14.
Sujets:
Birds > Flight.
Animal flight.
Birds > anatomy & histology
Birds > physiology
Flight, Animal
Oiseaux > Vol.
Animaux > Vol.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Animal flight
Birds > Flight
Vogels.
Vliegen (activiteit)
Biomechanica.
Fysiologische aspecten.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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