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      Insect Flight

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      Insect Flight book

      Insect Flight

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      Insect Flight book

      Edited ByGraham J. Goldsworthy, Colin H. Wheeler
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1989
      eBook Published 22 December 2017
      Pub. Location Boca Raton
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351073585
      Pages 383
      eBook ISBN 9781351073585
      Subjects Environment & Agriculture
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      Goldsworthy, G.J., & Wheeler, C.H. (Eds.). (1989). Insect Flight (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351073585

      ABSTRACT

      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.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|29 pages

      Mechanics and Aerodynamics of Flight

      ByW. Nachtigall

      chapter 2|19 pages

      Structure and Function in Flight Muscle

      ByD.J. Aidley

      chapter 3|25 pages

      Development Of The Flight Motor Pattern

      ByWolfram Kutsch

      chapter 4|24 pages

      Sense Organs And The Control Of Flight

      ByMöhl Bernhard

      chapter 5|6 pages

      The Evolution and Significance Of Migratory Flight

      ByDingle Hugh

      chapter 6|24 pages

      Genes, Environment, And Insect Flight

      ByA. G. Gatehouse

      chapter 7|26 pages

      Hormonal Control Of Flight

      ByMary Ann. Rankin

      chapter 8

      Swarm Flight Behavior In Flies And Locusts

      ByRichard John Cooter

      chapter 9|26 pages

      Orientation And Foraging In Honeybees

      ByFred C. Dyer, Thomas D. Seeley

      chapter 10|26 pages

      Pheromones And Flight Behavior

      ByT. C. Baker

      chapter 11|16 pages

      Oxygen Consumption During Flight

      ByTimothy M. Casey

      chapter 12|32 pages

      Mobilization And Transport Of Fuels To The Flight Muscles

      ByH. Wheeler Colin

      chapter 13|16 pages

      Utilization Of Fuels By The Flight Muscles

      ByD. J. Candy

      chapter 14|16 pages

      Problems In The Control Of Flying Insect Pests

      ByD. P. Giles, A. R. Jutsum

      chapter 15|21 pages

      Prospects For Better Control Strategies

      ByA. R. Jutsum, D. P. Giles
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