01177nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_11192 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0198566034 9780198566038 eng 573.79818 J65 Videler, John J. Avian flight John J. Videler Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2005 xv, 258 p. ill. 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index A novel insight into the interactions between wings and air challenges established theories relating to the origin of bird flight. Take-off, flapping flight, gliding and landing are the basic ingredients of bird flight, and birds use a variety of flight styles from hovering to soaring. Flight muscles consisting of mosaics of specialized fibers are the engines that generate the force required to keep the wings and tail in the gliding configuration and perform work during flapping motion Birds John J. Videler Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh