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This book examines how animals move, comparing running, swimming, and flying. It also reviews the common principles of design and movement that animals have evolved to move through very different physical environments.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Biewener, A. A. (Andrew A.) (Author), Patek, Sheila N., 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Animal locomotion.
Animals > Physiological aspects.
Locomotion.
Metazoa.
Locomotion
Movement
Animals
Locomotion animale.
Animaux sauvages > Aspect physiologique.
Métazoaires.
Animalia (kingdom)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Animal locomotion
Physiology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book examines how animals move, comparing running, swimming, and flying. It also reviews the common principles of design and movement that animals have evolved to move through very different physical environments.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191060854
0191060852
9780191803031
0191803030