Avian Flight (Oxford Ornithology Series)

by JohnJ.Videler (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $83.31

  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.