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.

Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả chính: Videler, John J.
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Loạt:Oxford ornithology series ; 14.
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Mục lục:
  • 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.