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Autore |
Lovegrove Roger |
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Titolo |
Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / / Roger Lovegrove ; line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-02345-X |
1-281-16009-1 |
9786611160098 |
0-19-151363-6 |
1-4294-7015-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature - Effect of human beings on - Great Britain - History |
Wildlife management - Great Britain - History |
Wildlife pests - Control - Great Britain - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. Lost animals: early eliminations by Man; 2. The social background to persecution; 3. To kill a Rat or catch a Kite: methods of control; 4. Killing in Scotland; 5. In on the Act-searching the record; 6. Birds-individual species accounts; 7. Mammals-individual species accounts; 8. Local patterns of persecution: England and Wales; 9. The return of the natives; 10. Modern control-legal and illegal; 11. Vermin control and wildlife management: where next?; Appendix 1: Summary table of vermin payments extracted from churchwardens' accounts Appendix 2: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature -- against those species of birds and mammals which he believes conflict with his livelihood. This remarkable book documents the history of that battle in England and Wales from the Middle Ages, shedding a new light on the history of our much-loved wildlife. - ;Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature -- against those species of birds and |
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