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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Edward Wilson: acclimatization gets organized
  • Local acclimatization theories
  • Colonial creations
  • Regulating and understanding victorian fisheries
  • Aquaculture
  • Hunting Victoria
  • The decline of terrestrial acclimatization
  • The transformation of fish acclimatization.

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