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It has been great fun to write this book, even though it has taken longer than planned, and occasionally been exasperating. The most difficult problem was deciding what to exclude among so many interesting things, because the available material usually exceeded the space. Because a book like this covers so many aspects, each component must be limited. This book is intended for graduate and undergraduate students as well as professional scientists who want to work with animal flight or to gain some insight into flight mechanics, aerodynamics, energetics, physiology, morpho logy, ecology and evolution. My aim has not been to give the whole mathe matical explanation of flight, but to provide an outline and summary of the main theories for the understanding of how aerofoils respond to an airflow. I also hope to give the reader some insight into how flight morphology and the various wing shapes have evolved and are adapted to different ecological niches and habitats.
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Book Title: Vertebrate Flight
Book Subtitle: Mechanics, Physiology, Morphology, Ecology and Evolution
Authors: Ulla M. Norberg
Series Title: Zoophysiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83848-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-83850-7Published: 08 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-83848-4Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0720-1842
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 291
Topics: Animal Physiology