03038nam 2200661Ia 450 991082323010332120200520144314.01-383-02345-X1-281-16009-197866111600980-19-151363-61-4294-7015-110.1093/oso/9780198520719.001.0001(CKB)1000000000413475(EBL)415770(OCoLC)137240425(SSID)ssj0000245965(PQKBManifestationID)11234651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245965(PQKBWorkID)10180382(PQKB)11163061(Au-PeEL)EBL415770(CaPaEBR)ebr10171003(CaONFJC)MIL116009(MiAaPQ)EBC415770(OCoLC)1406787335(StDuBDS)9781383023459(EXLCZ)99100000000041347520060627d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSilent fields the long decline of a nation's wildlife /Roger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross LovegroveFirst edition.Oxford Oxford University Pressc20071 online resource (xii, 404 pages) illustrations, mapsOxford scholarship online.Previously issued in print: 2007.0-19-852071-9 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' accounts Appendix 2: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text References; IndexSince time immemorial mankind had taken it upon himself to wage war against nature - against those species of birds & mammals which he believes conflict with his livelihood. This book documents the history of that battle in Britain from the Middle Ages, shedding a new light on the history of our much-loved wildlife.Oxford scholarship online.NatureEffect of human beings onGreat BritainHistoryWildlife pestsControlGreat BritainHistoryNatureEffect of human beings onHistory.Wildlife pestsControlHistory.304.280941Lovegrove Roger857938MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823230103321Silent fields4085222UNINA