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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المؤلف الرئيسي: Videler, John J.
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
سلاسل:Oxford ornithology series ; 14.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=162479
جدول المحتويات:
  • 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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