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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gary W Kaiser |
| ISBN: | 9780774813440 077481344X 9780774813433 0774813431 |
| OCLC Number: | 78042753 |
| Description: | xiv, 386 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. What is a bird? -- 1. The bird beneath the feathers : how adaptations for flight allow a bird to earn a living on the ground -- 2. A bird is an animal with hollow bones : special features of avian bones and their assembly as a skeleton -- 3. A bird is like a dinosaur : features shared by birds and their reptilian ancestors -- 4. A bird is not so like a dinosaur : features that distinguish birds from their reptilian ancestors -- pt. 2. What kind of bird is it? -- 5. The kinds of birds : classification and taxonomy -- 6. That bird is different from the other one : evolutionary relationships among families of birds -- pt. 3. How does a bird fly? -- 7. Feathers and feathered dinosaurs : flight in early birds and birdlike animals -- 8. Birds with a modern shape : birds cease to look like feathered dinosaurs and become skilled fliers -- 9. Birds on land : a robust design helps birds compete with mammals -- 10. Birds at sea : sophisticated aerodynamics take birds onto oceans -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- 1. Birds in relation to other vertebrate animals -- 2. Geological time scale -- Glossary of ornithological terms -- Literature cited -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Gary W. Kaiser. |
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