The evolution of flight

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...

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Main Authors Glaeser, Georg (Author), Paulus, Hannes F., 1943- (Author), Nachtigall, Werner (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Subjects
Animal flight.
Wings (Anatomy)
Seeds > Dispersal.
Pollination.
Evolution (Biology)
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319570242
9783319570235
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: 400 Million Years of Flight Evolution
  • Chapter 2: Photographs of animals in flight
  • Chapter 3: From the perspective of the biophysicist
  • Chapter 4: Criteria of evolution
  • Chapter 5: Insects: The first flying animals
  • Chapter 6: Birds: The "classics" among flying animals
  • Chapter 7: Bats: Flying mammals
  • Chapter 8: The fascination remains.

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