The Evolution of Insect Flight (Oxford science publications) - Brossura

Brodsky, Andrei K.

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ISBN 10: 0198500890 ISBN 13: 9780198500896

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Riassunto

The hardback edition of this book was the first on insect flight since J W S Pringle's classic Insect Flight was published in 1957. Since then, much has been written on the ecological aspects of flight, but the question of the origin of wings and flight, their structural concomitants, and related aerodynamical issues have been confined to armchair speculation in a scattered literature. The book draws a coherent, empirically based picture of how insect flight may have evolved.

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Recensione

From reviews of the hardback: The general account of flight occupies a third of the book, and will be widely useful ... but for the anatomy, mechanisms and evolution of insect flight it has no rivals. Nature The Evolution of Insect Flight has been well worth waiting for. It is a remarkable work, quite outstanding in its scope and breadth of vision ... what has surprised and delighted me is the magnificent functional treatment of the morphology of the flight system as a whole. Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Product Description

The hardback edition of this was the first book on insect flight since J W S Pringle's classic Insect Flight was published in 1957. Much has been written since on applied and ecological aspects of flight, but the question of the origin of wings and flight, their structural concomitants, and the related aerodynamical issues have been confined largely to armchair speculation in a scattered literature. This book is written by a leading authority on insect flight, and for the first time draws a coherent, empirically based picture of how insect flight may have evolved. Following excellent reviews the book is now being made available in paperback. This book is intended for entomologists, evolutionary biologists, biomechanicists, taxonomists.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198500890
• ISBN 13: 9780198500896
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 244
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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