Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / / Roger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove

• Autore: Lovegrove Roger
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 304.280941
• Soggetto topico: Nature - Effect of human beings on - Great Britain - History; Wildlife pests - Control - Great Britain - History
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Silent fields
• ISBN: 1-383-02345-X; 1-281-16009-1; 9786611160098; 0-19-151363-6; 1-4294-7015-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823230103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.