Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife /

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Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature -- against those species of birds and mammals which he believes conflict with his livelihood. This remarkable book documents the history of that battle in England and Wales from the Middle Ages, shedding a new light o...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lovegrove, Roger
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Sujets:
Wildlife management > Great Britain > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Great Britain > History.
Wildlife pests > Control > Great Britain > History.
Homme > Influence sur la nature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Animaux déprédateurs > Lutte contre > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Wildlife management.
Wildlife pests > Control.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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