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.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford ornithology series ;
14. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=162479 |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423786602 9781423786603 9780199299928 0199299927 128075401X 9781280754012 9780191714924 0191714925 0198566034 9780198566038 0198577893 9780198577898 |