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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Videler, John J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005, 2005
Series:Oxford ornithology series / Oxford ornithology series
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
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
Physical Description:xvii , 269 p. ill. , 1 map
ISBN:9780191714924