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_aBrackenbury, John _92064 |
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245 | _aInsects in Flight | ||
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_aLondon _bBlandford Press _c1995 |
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300 | _a192p. 204 colour photographs | ||
500 | _aCovers all the major groups of insects and their flight sequence. It describes the mechanisms of insect flight - both scientifically and in photographs. It is based upon the special techniques developed by the author to capture, in flight, the methods of flying that insects employ. CONTENTS: Costs and benefits of flight; the machinery of flight; into flight; wing strength and flexibility; speed, power and flight control; forces out of ""thin"" air; galleons of the air; flight without wings. | ||
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_aFlight _92065 |
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_aInsects _92066 |
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_aBeetles _92067 |
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_aFlies _92068 |
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_aWasps _92069 |
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_aMoths _92070 |
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_aButterflies _91644 |
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_aZoology _92071 |
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_c19686 _d19686 |