Avian flight
Auteur :
Videler, John J.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199299928
Date de publication :
10 août 2006
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
416 g
Format :
book
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Covering the aspects of aerial locomotion by birds, this book includes sections on the history of thinking about bird flight, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the cost of flight. It also provides insights into the trend in metabolic costs of flight of birds varying in shape and mass.