{"product_id":"the-biomechanics-of-insect-flight-form-function-evolution-9780691094915","title":"The Biomechanics of Insect Flight  Form Function","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an explanation of how insects fly. This book relates the biomechanics of flight to insect ecology and evolution. It begins with an overview of insect flight biomechanics, and explains insect morphology, wing motions, aerodynamics, flight energetics, and flight metabolism within a modern phylogenetic setting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2000 Award for Best Professional\/Scholarly Book in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers \"Robert Dudley has written a remarkably comprehensive account of our knowledge of insect flight... No other recent book covers the field so fully .\"--R. McNeill Alexander, Nature \"An exhaustive compendium of everything known about insect flight, the hows, whys, and evolution. Dudley cites almost 2000 works, making this an effective reference to two centuries of work.\"--New Scientist \"Somewhat unusually for such a broad-scope book, Dudley fully addresses all three aspects of the subtitle. He has packed it with a plethora of interesting facts, observations, and questions that should interest a wide audience.\"--Graham W. Elmes, The Times Higher Education Supplement \"This book explores the topic in encyclopedic fashion... [It] covers much more than the title implies.\"--John S. Edwards, New Biological Books \"This book explores the topic in encyclopedic fashion with a copious treasury of references and a welcome respect for the history of the subject... A valuable resource.\"--John S. Edwards, Quarterly Review of Biology \"The paperback issue of Biomechanics of Insect Flight is a worthwhile book for investigators of any aspect of insect biology, a necessary book for those in the field of animal flight, and certainly a valuable reference book for the casual reader.\"--James Usherwood, Journal of Experimental Biology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix  SYMBOLS xi  CHAPTER ONE Flight and the Pterygote Insecta 3  1.1 Insect Diversity 5  1.2 Basic Aerodynamics 15  1.3 Why Study Flight Biomechanics? 29  1.4 Summary 34  CHAPTER TWO Morphology of the Flight Apparatus 36  2.1 Thoracic Design 36  2.2 Wings 52  2.3 Ancillary Structures 72  2.4 Summary 74  CHAPTER THREE Kinematics and Aerodynamics of Flight 75  3.1 Wing and Body Motions 75  3.2 Aerodynamics 105  3.3 Mechanical Power Requirements 144  3.4 Summary 157  CHAPTER FOUR Energetics and Flight Physiology 159  4.1 Oxygen Consumption 159  4.2 Muscle Physiology 172  4.3 Thermoregulation in Flight 196  4.4 Summary 157  CHAPTER FIVE Stability, Maneuverability, and Maximum Flight Performance 203  5.1 Stability 203  5.2 Maneuverability 222  5.3 Three-Dimensional Flight Behavior 233  5.4 Limits to Insect Flight Performance 242  5.5 Summary 259  CHAPTER SIX Evolution of Flight and Flightlessness 261  6.1 Origin of Flight in Hexapods 261  6.2 Evolutionary Consequences of Flight and Flightlessness 291  6.3 Summary 300  CHAPTER SEVEN Flight and Insect Diversification 302  7.1 Miniaturization 302  7.2 Pollination 309  7.3 Predation 313  7.4 Long-Range Dispersal and Migration 322  7.5 Comparison of Insect and Vertebrate Flight 331  7.6 Summary 336  CHAPTER EIGHT Future Directions in Insect Flight Biomechanics 338  8.1 Aerodynamic Mechanisms 338  8.2 Insect Flight Biomechanics in Nature 341  8.3 Exploring Insect Diversity 347  GLOSSARY 353  REFERENCES 361  INDEX 465","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403720892759,"sku":"9780691094915","price":66.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-biomechanics-of-insect-flight-form-function-evolution-9780691094915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}