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Revealed Biodiversity: An Economic History of the Human Impact aims to show that for several centuries environmental conditions have been substantially the product of economic fluctuations. It contests the notion of perpetual decline in species composition. The arguments are supported by far more pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, E. L. (Eric Lionel)
Autor Corporativo: World Scientific (Firm)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2014.
Temas:
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > History.
Human ecology > History.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Histoire.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature > Histoire.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Agriculture > Environmental aspects
Human ecology
Nature > Effect of human beings on
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The long term. 1. Crisis
  • 2. Decline
  • 3. Proper Baselines: the example of English butterflies
  • England and the Netherlands. 4. Commodity landscapes: southern England
  • 5. Agricultural change: southern England
  • 6. Landscapes of destruction: the curse of the pheasant
  • 7. Landscapes of destruction: the sacrifice to trout
  • 8. The Netherlands: reclamation and exploitation
  • 9. England: reclamation and exploitation
  • European expansion. 10. Europe's expansion overseas
  • 11. Europe's distant reach
  • 12. Pristine America
  • The modern world. 13. East Asia
  • 14. The modern expansion of agriculture
  • Conclusion. 15. What should we conserve?

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