David E Alexander

On the Wing

Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats. David Alexander describes and evaluates both traditional and modern wing-origin theories in light of new fossil and genetic evidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9780199996773
• ISBN-10: 0199996776
• Artikelnr.: 42789222

Autorenporträt

David Alexander grew up near Dayton, Ohio, and earned a B.S. at the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. at Duke University. He has been on the faculty of the University of Kansas for over 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Can't Tell the Players without a Scorecard
2 Theme and Variations: Similarities and Differences among Nature's Flyers
3 How to Fly?
4 Gliding Animals: Flight without Power
5 Insects: First to Fly
6 Birds: The Feathered Flyers
7 Bats: Wings in the Dark
8 Pterosaurs: Bygone Dragons
9 Pedestrians Descended from Flyers: Loss of Flight
10 Unifying Themes?