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Author:

Alexander, David (David E.)

Title:

Nature's flyers : birds, insects, and the biomechanics of flight / David E. Alexander ; foreword by Steven Vogel.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xix, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Animal flight.
Flight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-346) and index.

Contents:

11. Have the birds and bees taught us anything useful? 2. How wings work -- 3. Gliding and soaring -- 4. Flapping and hovering -- 5. Staying on course and changing direction -- 6. Fueling flight -- 7. Evolving flyers -- 8. Migrating -- 9. Finding the way -- 10. The global impact of animal flight -- 11. Have the birds and bees taught us anything useful?

ISBN:

9780801867569
0801867568

LCCN:

2001000821

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)