The Biomechanics Of Insect Flight
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The Biomechanics Of Insect Flight
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Author : Robert Dudley
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-05
The Biomechanics Of Insect Flight written by Robert Dudley and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with Science categories.
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 a major new work of synthesis. The book begins with an overview of insect flight biomechanics. Dudley explains insect morphology, wing motions, aerodynamics, flight energetics, and flight metabolism within a modern phylogenetic setting. Drawing on biomechanical principles, he describes and evaluates flight behavior and the limits to flight performance. The author then takes the next step by developing evolutionary explanations of insect flight. He analyzes the origins of flight in insects, the roles of natural and sexual selection in determining how insects fly, and the relationship between flight and insect size, pollination, predation, dispersal, and migration. Dudley ranges widely--from basic aerodynamics to muscle physiology and swarming behavior--but his focus is the explanation of functional design from evolutionary and ecological perspectives. The importance of flight in the lives of insects has long been recognized but never systematically evaluated. This book addresses that shortcoming. Robert Dudley provides an introduction to insect flight that will be welcomed by students and researchers in biomechanics, entomology, evolution, ecology, and behavior.
Nature S Flyers
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Author : David E. Alexander
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2004-11-17
Nature S Flyers written by David E. Alexander and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-17 with Medical categories.
'Nature's Flyers' is a detailed account of the current scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature. The author explains the physical basis of flight, drawing upon bats, birds, insects, pterosaurs and even winged seeds.
Biophysics Of Insect Flight
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Author : N. Chari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Biophysics Of Insect Flight written by N. Chari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
Insect Flight
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Author : J. W. S. Pringle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-03
Insect Flight written by J. W. S. Pringle and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03 with Insects categories.
Insect Flight
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Author : Graham J. Goldsworthy
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2018-02-01
Insect Flight written by Graham J. Goldsworthy and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-01 with Science categories.
Insects are the most numerous class of animals or earth, both in terms of their number and their variety. There are 800,000 recognized species, with between 1 and 10 million estimated species yet to be classified. This book will discuss, mechanics of flight, Wing structure, Hovering flight, flight in smaller and larger insects and wing polars.
The Flying Apparatus Of The Blow Fly
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Author : Wolfgang Ritter
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Flying Apparatus Of The Blow Fly written by Wolfgang Ritter and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This scientific work by Wolfgang Ritter and the Smithsonian Institution's Hodgkins Fund is a detailed study of the flight mechanisms of the blow-fly. The book includes 20 plates and numerous illustrations and diagrams that help to explain the complex anatomy and physiology of insect flight. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in entomology, biomechanics, or aerodynamics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Insect Flight
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Author : John William Sutton Pringle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Insect Flight written by John William Sutton Pringle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Flight categories.
Gl Serne Schwingen
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Author : Werner Nachtigall
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
Release Date : 1974
Gl Serne Schwingen written by Werner Nachtigall and has been published by Allen & Unwin Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Animal mechanics categories.
The Evolution Of Insect Flight
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Author : Andrei K. Brodsky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
The Evolution Of Insect Flight written by Andrei K. Brodsky and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Animal flight categories.
This is the first book on this subject 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 consideration of the question of the origin of wings and flight has been largely confined to armchair speculation in a scattered literature. To make matters worse, much of the recent empirical work has only appeared in Russian. Brodsky is a leading Russian authority on insect flight, a pioneer in the use of empirical aerodynamic techniques to unravel the mechanisms which underlie insect flight and hence its origins. By uniting fossil, structural, and phylogenetic information with his empirical studies, he draws a coherent, well-substantiated picture of the evolution of insect flight. The text is illustrated by numerous fine line drawings.
Form And Function Of Insect Wings
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Author : Dmitry L. Grodnitsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Form And Function Of Insect Wings written by Dmitry L. Grodnitsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Animal flight categories.
In Form and Function of Insect Wings Grodnitsky offers a comprehensive overview of the functional morphology of insect wings from the viewpoint of general biology and uses these data to help further explain animal morphology. Grodnitsky evaluates functional issues relating to insect diversification, particularly wing structure and kinematics. He discusses recent data on wing kinematics and structure from the point of view of modern insect flight aerodynamics and general evolutionary morphology. He is most concerned with the question of which features of an organism can be explained by natural selection of given functional variants and which cannot.