Title The Selborne pioneer : Gilbert White as naturalist and scientist, a re-examination / Ted Dadswell

Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

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Description 1 online resource : maps Contents 1. The heroic gardener -- 2. Nature as an 'economy' -- 3. The 'outdoor' method -- 4. The disappearing 'swallows' -- 5. Behaviour : birds and other animals -- 6. Instinct and initiative -- 7. Behaviour : plants and insects -- 8. The useful naturalist -- 9. Science, meteorology and geology -- 10. The problem of adaptation -- 11. 'Living manners' -- 12. The perennial naturalist Notes Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2003 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 8, 2017) Subject White, Gilbert, 1720-1793. SUBJECT White, Gilbert, 1720-1793 fast Subject Natural history -- England -- Selborne Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography NATURE -- Essays. NATURE -- Reference. TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism. Natural history Naturalists SUBJECT Selborne (England) -- Biography Subject England -- Selborne Great Britain Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351882118 1351882112 9781315237121 1315237121

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