| John Videler, a Professor of Evolutionary Mechanics, provides an up-to-date account of our knowledge of bird flight, offering new insights and challenging some established views. The book covers the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds, including chapters on morphology, feathers, aerodynamics, the evolution of bird flight, bird flight modes, the 'flight engine', energy requirement and metabolic costs of flight. The book assumes basic understanding of biology, physics and mathematics. No jacket.
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