Nature's flyers : birds, insects, and the biomechanics of flight

Nature's flyers : birds, insects, and the biomechanics of flight / David E. Alexander ; foreword by Steven Vogel.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, David (David E.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Animal flight.
Flight.
Birds > Flight.
Insects > Flight.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • How wings work
  • Gliding and soaring
  • Flapping and hovering
  • Staying on course and changing direction
  • Fueling flight
  • Evolving flyers
  • Migrating
  • Finding the way
  • The global impact of animal flight
  • Have the birds and bees taught us anything useful?

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