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题名:
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Catching air Catching air / Sneed B. Collard , |
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ISBN:
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978-0-88448-883-5 价格： CNY100.74(USD9.95) |
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语种:
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eng |
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载体形态:
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39 pages color illustrations 26cm |
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出版发行:
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出版地： Thomaston, Maine 出版社： Tilbury House Publishers 出版日期： 2017 |
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内容提要:
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Only a few dozen vertebrate animals have evolved true gliding abilities, but they include an astonishing variety of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. North America's flying squirrels and Australia's sugar gliders notwithstanding, the vast majority of them live in rainforests. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Catching Air takes us around the world to meet these animals, learn why so many gliders live in Southeast Asia, and find out why this gravity-defying ability has evolved in Draco lizards, snakes, and frogs as well as mammals. Why do gliders stop short of flying, how did bats make that final leap, and how did Homo sapiens bypass evolution to glide via wingsuits and hang gliders?or is that evolution in another guise? |
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主题词:
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Gliders (Mammals) Juvenile literature |
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主题词:
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Mutation (Biology) Juvenile literature |
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主题词:
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Natural selection Juvenile literature |
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主题词:
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Evolution (Biology) Juvenile literature |
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中图分类法:
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Q95-49 版次： 5 |
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其它题名:
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Taking the leap with gliding animals |
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主要责任者:
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Collard Collard author |
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附注:
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"Jlg Gold standard"--Cover |