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: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2005, 2005
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Series: | Oxford ornithology series / Oxford ornithology series
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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: | xvii , 269 p. ill. , 1 map |
ISBN: | 9780191714924 |