LEADER 02470nam 2200577 450 001 9910809987603321 005 20230807221616.0 010 $a0-19-999679-2 010 $a0-19-999678-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000465738 035 $a(EBL)4083578 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544817 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134656 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544817 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14792368 035 $a(PQKB)11016501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4083578 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4083578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11271542 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL818321 035 $a(OCoLC)916530917 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000465738 100 $a20161011h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the wing $einsects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight /$fDavid E. Alexander ; illustrations by Sara L. Taliaferro 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-999677-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aOn 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. 606 $aAnimal flight 606 $aWings (Anatomy)$xEvolution 615 0$aAnimal flight. 615 0$aWings (Anatomy)$xEvolution. 676 $a591.57 700 $aAlexander$b David E.$f1955-$0276132 702 $aTaliaferro$b Sara L. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809987603321 996 $aOn the wing$93960200 997 $aUNINA