Extinctions and invasions a social history of British fauna /
Drawing on new research in the fields of archaeology, ecology and history, this book examines how human society, culture, diet, lifestyles and even whole landscapes were fundamentally shaped by the animal extinctions and introductions that occurred in Britain since the last Ice Age.
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Oxford : Oakville, Conn. :
Windgather Press ; [Distributor], David Brown Book Co.,
c2010.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Extinctions and invasions |h [electronic resource] : |b a social history of British fauna / |c edited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes. |
| 260 | |a Oxford : |b Windgather Press ; |a Oakville, Conn. : |b [Distributor], David Brown Book Co., |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 245 p. : |b ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-231) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : the British Fauna in a Changing World / Terry O'Connor -- The Horse / Robin Bendrey -- Donkeys and Mules / Cluny Johnstone -- The Aurochs and Domestic Cattle / Anthony J. Legge -- The Elk / Andrew C. Kitchener -- Red Deer on Scottish Islands / Jacqui Mulville --European Fallow Deer / Naomi Sykes -- The Wild Boar / Umberto Albarella -- The Wolf / Aleksander G. Pluskowski -- The Lynx / David Hetherington -- Wildcats, Domestic and Feral Cats / Terry O'Connor -- The Brown Bear / Andy Hammon -- The European Beaver / Bryony Coles -- The Rabbit / Julie Curl -- The House Mouse / Terry O'Connor -- The Black Rat / Kevin Rielly -- Extinct Birds / Dale Serjeantson -- Bird Introductions / Kristopher Poole -- Freshwater Fish / Alison Locker -- Land and Freshwater Molluscs / Paul Davis -- Insects / Nicki Whitehouse -- Conclusion / Derek W. Yalden. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Drawing on new research in the fields of archaeology, ecology and history, this book examines how human society, culture, diet, lifestyles and even whole landscapes were fundamentally shaped by the animal extinctions and introductions that occurred in Britain since the last Ice Age. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2013. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Introduced animals |z Great Britain |x History. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Biological invasions |z Great Britain. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human-animal relationships |z Great Britain. | |
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