The Evolution of Insect Flight
Seiten
1996
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-850089-6 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-850089-6 (ISBN)
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 draws a empirically-based picture of how insect flight may have evolved.
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.
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.
Introduction ; PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INSECT FLIGHT ; 1. Structure of the wing apparatus ; 2. Mode of action of the wing apparatus ; 3. The aerodynamics of insect flight ; 4. Flight and behaviour ; PART II THE EVOLUTION OF INSECT FLIGHT ; 5. The origins of flight and wings in insects ; 6. Early forms of flight ; 7. Flight based in hindwings ; 8. From functionally four-winged to functionally two-winged flight ; 9. Progress in insect flight ; 10. Looking into the past: the process of evolution, and insect wing apparatus ; Postscriptum ; References ; Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.11.1996 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | halftones, numerous line figures |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 186 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 549 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-850089-0 / 0198500890 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-850089-6 / 9780198500896 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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