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  • Alexander, David E., 1955- author.
     
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  • Animal flight.
     
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  • Wings (Anatomy) -- Evolution.
     
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    On the wing : insects, pterosaurs, birds, bats, and the evolution of animal flight / David E. Alexander ; illustrations by Sara L. Taliaferro.
    by Alexander, David E., 1955- author.
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    New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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  • Animal flight.
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  • Wings (Anatomy) -- Evolution.
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    9780199996773 hardcover alkaline paper
    0199996776 hardcover alkaline paper
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    xi, 210 pages ; 25 cm
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    Can't tell the players without a scorecard -- Theme and variations : similarities and differences among nature's flyers -- How to fly? -- Gliding animals : flight without power -- Insects : first to fly -- Birds : the feathered flyers -- Bats : wings in the dark -- Pterosaurs : bygone dragons -- Pedestrians descended from flyers : loss of flight -- Unifying themes?.
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