The Biomechanics of Insect Flight : : Form, Function, Evolution /

The Biomechanics of Insect Flight : : Form, Function, Evolution / / Robert Dudley.

From the rain forests of Borneo to the tenements of Manhattan, winged insects are a conspicuous and abundant feature of life on earth. Here, Robert Dudley presents the first comprehensive explanation of how insects fly. The author relates the biomechanics of flight to insect ecology and evolution in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Dudley, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2000
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • SYMBOLS
  • Chapter One. FLIGHT AND THEPTERYGOTE INSECTA
  • Chapter Two. MORPHOLOGY OF THE FLIGHT APPARATUS
  • Chapter Three. KINEMATICS A N D AERODYNAMICS OF FLIGHT
  • Chapter Four. ENERGETICS A ND FLIGHT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Chapter Five. STABILITY, MANEUVERABILITY, AND MAXIMUM FLIGHT PERFORMANCE
  • Chapter Six. EVOLUTION OF FLIGHT AND FLIGHTLESSNESS
  • Chapter Seven. FLIGHT AND INSECT DIVERSIFICATION
  • Chapter Eight. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN INSECT FLIGHT BIOMECHANICS
  • GLOSSARY
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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