Flight of Mammals: From Terrestrial Limbs to Wings
Panyutina, Aleksandra A.; Korzun, Leonid P.; Kuznetsov, Alexander N.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages, 197 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSV; PSVD; PSVS; PSVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
This book offers a new explanation for the development of flight in mammals and offers detailed morphological descriptions of mammals with flapping flight. The skeletomuscular apparatus of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of tree shrews, flying lemurs and bats is described in detail. Special attention is paid to the recognition of peculiar features of the skeleton and joints. For the basic locomotor patterns of flying lemurs and bats, the kinematic models of the shoulder girdle elements are developed. The most important locomotor postures of these animals are analyzed by means of statics. The key structural characters of the shoulder girdle ... Read more
This book offers a new explanation for the development of flight in mammals and offers detailed morphological descriptions of mammals with flapping flight. The skeletomuscular apparatus of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of tree shrews, flying lemurs and bats is described in detail. Special attention is paid to the recognition of peculiar features of the skeleton and joints. For the basic locomotor patterns of flying lemurs and bats, the kinematic models of the shoulder girdle elements are developed. The most important locomotor postures of these animals are analyzed by means of statics. The key structural characters of the shoulder girdle ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319359458
SKU
V9783319359458
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99-15
About Panyutina, Aleksandra A.; Korzun, Leonid P.; Kuznetsov, Alexander N.
Dr. Alexandra A. Panyutina serves in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at Russia's Moscow State University. She has studied the evolution of bat flight since 2005. Prior to that, she studied the morpho ecological diversity of rhinolophid bats. Dr. Leonid P. Korzun serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at Moscow State. He has ... Read more
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