02470nam 2200577 450 991080998760332120230807221616.00-19-999679-20-19-999678-4(CKB)3710000000465738(EBL)4083578(SSID)ssj0001544817(PQKBManifestationID)16134656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544817(PQKBWorkID)14792368(PQKB)11016501(MiAaPQ)EBC4083578(Au-PeEL)EBL4083578(CaPaEBR)ebr11271542(CaONFJC)MIL818321(OCoLC)916530917(EXLCZ)99371000000046573820161011h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the wing insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight /David E. Alexander ; illustrations by Sara L. TaliaferroOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-999677-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; 1. Can't Tell the Players without a Scorecard; 2. Theme and Variations: Similarities and Differences among Nature's Flyers; 3. How to Fly?; 4. Gliding Animals: Flight without Power; 5. Insects: First to Fly; 6. Birds: The Feathered Flyers; 7. Bats: Wings in the Dark; 8. Pterosaurs: Bygone Dragons; 9. Pedestrians Descended from Flyers: Loss of Flight; 10. Unifying Themes?; Bibliography; IndexOn the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats. David Alexander describes and evaluates both traditional and modern wing-origin theories in light of new fossil and genetic evidence.Animal flightWings (Anatomy)EvolutionAnimal flight.Wings (Anatomy)Evolution.591.57Alexander David E.1955-276132Taliaferro Sara L.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809987603321On the wing3960200UNINA