Avian flight
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2005.
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| Colección: | Oxford ornithology series ;
14. |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002266449708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction 1. Acquisition of knowledge 2. Aerodynamic principles 3. Feathers for flight 4. Functional morphology of flight apparatus 5. Evolution of avian flight 6. Kinematics and performance 7. Dynamics of flapping and gliding flight 8. The metabolic cost of flight 9. Comparing the metabolic cost of flight.
