03076nam 2200601Ia 450 991045114670332120200520144314.01-281-16009-197866111600980-19-151363-61-4294-7015-1(CKB)1000000000413475(EBL)415770(OCoLC)137240425(SSID)ssj0000245965(PQKBManifestationID)11234651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245965(PQKBWorkID)10180382(PQKB)11163061(MiAaPQ)EBC415770(Au-PeEL)EBL415770(CaPaEBR)ebr10171003(CaONFJC)MIL116009(EXLCZ)99100000000041347520060627d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSilent fields[electronic resource] the long decline of a nation's wildlife /Roger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross LovegroveOxford Oxford University Pressc20071 online resource (417 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-852071-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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' accountsAppendix 2: Scientific names of species mentioned in the textReferences; IndexSince 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 mammals which he believes conflict with his livelihood. This remarkable book is about that war of attrition against the native mammalsNatureEffect of human beings onGreat BritainHistoryWildlife pestsControlGreat BritainHistoryElectronic books.NatureEffect of human beings onHistory.Wildlife pestsControlHistory.304.280941Lovegrove Roger857938MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451146703321Silent fields2253553UNINA