Flight of Mammals : From Terrestrial Limbs to Wings, Paperback by Panyutina, ...

Description: Flight of Mammals : From Terrestrial Limbs to Wings, Paperback by Panyutina, Aleksandra A.; Korzun, Leonid P.; Kuznetsov, Alexander N., ISBN 3319359452, ISBN-13 9783319359458, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book offers a new explanation for the development of flight in mammals and offers detailed morphological descriptions of mammals with flapping flight. The skeletomuscular apparatus of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of tree shrews, flying lemurs and bats is described in detail. Special attention is paid to the recognition of peculiar features of the skeleton and joints. For the basic locomotor patterns of flying lemurs and bats, the kinematic models of the shoulder girdle elements are developed. The most important locomotor postures of these animals are analyzed by means of statics. The key structural characters of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs of flying lemurs and bats, the formation of which provided transition of mammals from terrestrial locomotion to gliding and then, to flapping flight, are recognized. The concept is proposed that preadaptations preceding the acquisition of flapping flight could have come from widely sprawled forelimb posture while gliding from tree to tree and running up the thick trunks. It is shown that flying lemur is an adequate morphofunctional model for an ancestral stage of bats. The evolutionary ecomorphological scenario describing probable transformational stages of typical parasagittal limbs of chiropteran ancestors into wings is developed.

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Book Title: Flight of Mammals: from Terrestrial Limbs to Wings

Number of Pages: Xxvii, 303 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G

Topic: Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, Life Sciences / Zoology / General

Publication Year: 2016

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Science

Item Weight: 177.7 Oz

Author: Alexander N. Kuznetsov, Aleksandra A. Panyutina, Leonid P. Korzun

Item Length: 9.3 in

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback