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

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