LEADER 03129nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910777317403321 005 20230217221245.0 010 $a1-383-02345-X 010 $a1-281-16009-1 010 $a9786611160098 010 $a0-19-151363-6 010 $a1-4294-7015-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413475 035 $a(EBL)415770 035 $a(OCoLC)137240425 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245965 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234651 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245965 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180382 035 $a(PQKB)11163061 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415770 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10171003 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116009 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415770 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413475 100 $a20060627d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSilent fields $ethe long decline of a nation's wildlife /$fRoger Lovegrove ; line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-19-852071-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aSince 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. 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWildlife management$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWildlife pests$xControl$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xHistory. 615 0$aWildlife management$xHistory. 615 0$aWildlife pests$xControl$xHistory. 676 $a304.280941 700 $aLovegrove$b Roger$0857938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777317403321 996 $aSilent fields$93729013 997 $aUNINA