The Evolution of Insect Flight.

BRODSKY, ANDREI K.

ISBN 10: 0198546815 / ISBN 13: 9780198546818

Published by Oxford-New York-Tokyo, Oxford University Press. 1994, 1994

About this Item

Original publisher's blue paper-covered boards, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: xiv, 230pp., very richly illustrated, figs., notes & references, taxonomic index. Very fine copy - as new. Volume Oxford Science Publications.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evolution of Insect Flight.
• Publisher: Oxford-New York-Tokyo, Oxford University Press. 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198546815
• ISBN 13: 9780198546818
• Binding: Hardcover

About this title

Synopsis

From clumsy, heavy cockroach-like creatures that fly slowly from twig to twig, to flies and wasps with highly elaborate flight modes, this book describes the fascinating story of insect flight evolution. Written by a leading authority on the subject, the book draws together the diverse strands of fossil evidence, structure, phylogeny, aerodynamics, and behavior to examine both the details and the overall progression of insect flight evolution. Topics include flight types, structural principles of insect flight systems, insect flight aerodynamics, tendencies of evolutionary changes in the different components of flight systems, stages of wing apparatus evolution, and ways of optimizing wing-air interaction. Fine illustrations supplement the text throughout. Researchers, teachers, and students of entomology, evolutionary biology, biomechanics, and taxonomy will want to own this empirically based approach to an important subject.

About the Author

Andrei K. Brodsky is Professor of Entomology of the University of St Petersburg in Russia.