The evolution of insect flight - Brodsky, Andrei K. (Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994)
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part I: Basic principles of insect flight -- 1. Structure of the wing apparatus -- 2. Mode of action of the wing apparatus -- 3. The aerodynamics of insect flight -- 4. Flight and behaviour -- Part II The evolution of insect flight -- 5. The origins of flight and wings in insects -- 6. Early forms of flight -- 7. Flight based in hindwings -- 8. From functionally four-winged to functionally two-winged flight -- 9. Progress in insect flight -- 10. Looking into the past: the process of evolution, and insect wing apparatus -- Postscriptum -- References -- Index.
Originally published: 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-222) and indexes.
Keywords: Insects -- Flight; Insects -- Evolution; Insects -- Flight