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UNINA9910790973103321 |
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Autore |
Jones E. L (Eric Lionel) |
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Revealed biodiversity : an economic history of the human impact / / Eric L. Jones, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University and former Professorial Fellow Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne |
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New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
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�2014 |
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1 online resource (xxxiv, 257 pages) |
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Agriculture - Environmental aspects - History |
Agriculture - Economic aspects - History |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History |
Human ecology - History |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Environmental crisis -- Environmental decline -- The example of English butterflies -- Commodity landscapes -- Agricultural history -- Drainage and wildlife exploitation in the Netherlands and England -- The shooting industry -- The angling industry -- Europe's overseas expansion -- Ecological history of the USA -- Recent ecological history of East Asia -- Modern agricultural prospects with special reference to Brazil -- Joint conservation of wildlife and ancient wildlife harvesting practices. |
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Revealed Biodiversity: An Economic History of the Human Impact aims to show that for several centuries environmental conditions have been substantially the product of economic fluctuations. It contests the notion of perpetual decline in species composition. The arguments are supported by far more precise historical detail than is usual in books about ecology. The need to take the gains to human society into account when assessing environmental change is strongly emphasized. The book features case studies including England, the Netherlands, USA, East Asia, Brazil, and the areas of modern agricu |
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UNINA9910819244103321 |
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Milton John <1608-1674, > |
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Le Paradis perdu / / John Milton |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ligaran, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Couverture; Page de Copyright; Page de titre; Remarques; Livre I; Livre II; Livre III; Livre IV; Livre V; Livre VI; Livre VII; Livre VIII; Livre IX; Livre X; Livre XI; Livre XII |
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Extrait : ""Ce premier livre expose d'abord brièvement tout le sujet, la désobéissance de l'homme, et d'après cela la perte du Paradis, où l'homme était placé."" |
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UNINA9910823394003321 |
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Autore |
Tyler Michael J |
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Field guide to frogs of western Australia [[electronic resource] /] / M.J Tyler and P. Doughty |
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Welshpool, : Western Australian Museum, c2009 |
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[4th ed.] |
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1 online resource (164 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Frogs - Australia - Western Australia |
Tadpoles - Australia - Western Australia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface; How the Book Works; The Western Australian Frog Fauna; Basic Frog Biology; Size, Form and Features; Eggs and Spawn; Tadpoles and their Morphology; Regional Comparisons; A Regional approach to Identification; Genus ARENOPHRYNE Tyler, 1976; Arenophryne rotunda; Arenophryne xiphorhyncha; Genus CRINIA Tschudi, 1838; Crinia bilingua: Bilingual Froglet; Crinia deserticola: Chirping Froglet; Crinia fimbriata Doughty: Kimberley Froglet; Crinia georgiana: Quacking Frog; Crinia glauerti: Rattling or Clicking Froglet; Crinia insignifera: Squelching Froglet |
Crinia pseudinsignifera: Bleating FrogletCrinia subinsignifera: South Coast Froglet; Genus CYCLORANA Steindachner, 1867; Cyclorana australis: Giant Frog; Cyclorana cryptotis: Hidden-ear Frog; Cyclorana cultripes: Knife-footed Frog; Cyclorana longipes: Long-footed Frog; Cyclorana maini: Sheep Frog or Main's Frog; Cyclorana platycephala: Water-holding Frog; Cyclorana vagitus: Wailing Frog; Genus GEOCRINIA Blake, 1973; Geocrinia alba: White-bellied Frog; Geocrinia leai: Ticking Frog; Geocrinia lutea: Walpole Frog; Geocrinia rosea: Roseate Frog; Geocrinia vitellina: Orange or Yellow-bellied Frog |
Genus HELEIOPORUS Gray, 1841Heleioporus albopunctatus: Western Spotted Frog; Heleioporus barycragus: Hooting Frog; Heleioporus eyrei: Moaning Frog; Heleioporus inornatus: Whooping Frog; Heleioporus psammophilus: Sand Frog; Genus LIMNODYNASTES Fitzinger, 1843; Limnodynastes convexiusculus: Marbled Frog; Limnodynastes |
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depressus: Flat-headed Frog; Limnodynastes dorsalis: Western Banjo Frog; Limnodynastes lignarius: Woodworker or Carpenter Frog; Genus LITORIA Tschudi, 1838; Litoria adelaidensis: Slender Tree Frog; Litoria bicolor: Northern Dwarf Tree Frog; Litoria caerulea: Green Tree Frog |
Litoria cavernicola: Cave FrogLitoria coplandi: Rock Frog; Litoria cyclorhyncha: Spotted-thighed Frog; Litoria dahlii: Aquatic Frog; Litoria inermis: Bumpy Rocket Frog; Litoria meiriana: Rockhole Frog; Litoria microbelos: Javelin Frog; Litoria moorei: Motorbike Frog; Litoria nasuta: Striped Rocket Frog; Litoria pallida: Pale Rocket Frog; Litoria rothii: Northern Laughing Tree Frog; Litoria rubella: Little Red Tree Frog; Litoria splendida: Magnificent or Splendid Tree Frog; Litoria staccato: Chattering Rock Frog; Litoria tornieri: Black-shinned Rocket Frog; Litoria watjulumensis |
Genus METACRINIA Parker, 1940Metacrinia nichollsi: Forest Toadlet; Genus MYOBATRACHUS Schlegel, 1850; Myobatrachus gouldii: Turtle Frog; Genus NEOBATRACHUS Peters, 1863; Neobatrachus albipes: White-footed Trilling Frog; Neobatrachus aquilonius: Northern Burrowing Frog; Neobatrachus centralis: Desert Trilling Frog; Neobatrachus fulvus: Tawny Trilling Frog; Neobatrachus kunapalari: Wheatbelt Frog; Neobatrachus pelobatoides: Humming Frog; Neobatrachus sutor: Shoemaker Frog; Neobatrachus wilsmorei: Plonking Frog; Genus NOTADEN Günther, 1873; Notaden melanoscaphus: Northern Spadefoot |
Notaden nichollsi: Desert Spadefoot |
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Western Australia is home to more than one third of the known frog species in Australia and new ones are still being discovered. This guide presents up to date information on all species, including their distribution and habitat - including the cane toad, which has just arrived in the state. The book also features extensive colour photographs and location maps to assist identification. |
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