Silent fields [[electronic resource] ] : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / / Roger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove |
Autore | Lovegrove Roger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.280941 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Great Britain - History
Wildlife pests - Control - Great Britain - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-16009-1
9786611160098 0-19-151363-6 1-4294-7015-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 textReferences; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451146703321 |
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Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / / Roger Lovegrove ; line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove |
Autore | Lovegrove Roger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 |
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 management - Great Britain - History Wildlife pests - Control - Great Britain - History |
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 | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777317403321 |
Lovegrove Roger
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007 | ||
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Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / / Roger Lovegrove line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove |
Autore | Lovegrove Roger |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 304.280941 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Great Britain - History
Wildlife pests - Control - Great Britain - History |
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 | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823230103321 |
Lovegrove Roger
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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