The evolution of flight

• Main Authors: Glaeser, Georg, (Author), Paulus, Hannes F., 1943- (Author), Nachtigall, Werner, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Subjects: Animal flight.; Wings (Anatomy); Seeds > Dispersal.; Pollination.; Evolution (Biology); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319570242; 9783319570235
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations

Discusses evolution's accomplishments in the world of flying: from the botanical air fleet (pollen grains, flying seeds ...), over flying snakes and fish, to penguins flying underwater and humans rising into the air. Mathematician and passionate animal photographer Georg Glaser has joined force...