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Autore: | Alexander David E. <1955-> |
Titolo: | On the wing : insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight / / David E. Alexander ; illustrations by Sara L. Taliaferro |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina: | 591.57 |
Soggetto topico: | Animal flight |
Wings (Anatomy) - Evolution | |
Persona (resp. second.): | TaliaferroSara L. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | On 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | On the wing |
ISBN: | 0-19-999679-2 |
0-19-999678-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910797584603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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