Author: John J. Videler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199299928
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Avian Flight covers all the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of thinking about bird flight, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the cost of flight. The subject is complex and still not yet fully understood, and the author argues a convincing case for rethinking or even abandoning some of the old, well-established concepts.