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Insect Flight

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Couverture de l’ouvrage Insect Flight
Insects are the most numerous class of animals or earth, both in terms of their number and their variety. There are 800,000 recognized species, with between 1 and 10 million estimated species yet to be classified. This book will discuss, mechanics of flight, Wing structure, Hovering flight, flight in smaller and larger insects and wing polars.
Chapter 1: Mechanics and Aerodynamics of Flight, Chapter 2: Structure and Function in Flight Muscle, Chapter 3: Development of the Flight Motor Pattern, Chapter 4: Sense Organs and the Control of Flight, Chapter 5: The Evolution and Significance of Migratory Flight, Chapter 6: Genes, Environment, and Insect Flight, Chapter 7: Hormonal Control of Flight, Chapter 8: Swarm Flight Behavior in Flies and Locusts, Chapter 9: Orientation Foraging in Honey Bees, Chapter 10: Pheromones and Flight Behavior, Chapter 11: Oxygen Consumption During Flight, Chapter 12: Mobilization and Transport of Fuels to the Flight Muscles, Chapter 13: Utilization of Fuels by the Flight Muscles, Chapter 14: Problems in the Control of Flying Insect Pests, Chapter 15: Prospects for Better Control Strategies, Index
Graham J. Goldsworthy