All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental : Environmental Transformation through Species Acclimatization, from Colonial Australia to the World /

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"Species acclimatization -- the organized introduction of organisms to a new region -- is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners and philanthropists formed acclimati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Minard, Peter Maxwell (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Plant introduction.
Introduced organisms.
Animal introduction.
Adaptation (Biology)
Acclimatization.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Adaptation (Biologie) > Australie.
Acclimatation > Australie.
Plantes > Introduction > Australie.
Animaux > Introduction > Australie.
Especes introduites > Australie.
Adaptation (Biology) > Australia.
Acclimatization > Australia.
Plant introduction > Australia.
Animal introduction > Australia.
Introduced organisms > Australia.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Species acclimatization -- the organized introduction of organisms to a new region -- is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners and philanthropists formed acclimatization societies to study local species and conditions, form networks of supporters and exchange supposedly useful local and exotic organisms across the globe. Pete Minard tells the story of this movement, arguing that the colonies, not the imperial centers, led the movement for species acclimatization"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9781469651637

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