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Alexander, David E., 1955- author.

Title On the wing : insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight / David E. Alexander ; illustrations by Sara L. Taliaferro.

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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; 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?; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	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.
Subject	Animal flight.
	Wings (Anatomy) -- Evolution.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
	Animal flight. (OCoLC)fst00809189
Other Form:	Print version: Alexander, David E., 1955- On the wing : insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats and the evolution of animal flight. Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2015 xi, 210 pages 9780199996773
ISBN	0199996784 (electronic book)
	9780199996780 (electronic book)

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