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Bird Flight Performance: A Practical Calculation Manual
Bird Flight Performance A Practical Calculation Manual
Author: C. J. Pennycuick
This new manual will be invaluable to those studying animal flight. It provides practical guidance, helping the reader to estimate the amount of energy used for flight by foraging birds, the distances migrants can fly non-stop, and the comparative efficiencies of wing-flapping and gliding. The volume includes an introduction to scale effects and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198577218
ISBN-10: 0198577214
Publication Date: 8/24/1989
Pages: 170
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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