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Title Extinctions and invasions : a social history of British fauna / edited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes
Published Oxford : Windgather Press ; Oakville, CT : [distributor], David Brown Book Company, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -The British Fauna in a Changing World / Terry O'Connor -- 2. The Horse / Robin Bendrey -- 3. Donkeys and Mules / Cluny Johnstone -- 4. The Aurochs and Domestic Cattle / Anthony J. Legge -- 5. The Elk / Andrew C. Kitchener -- 6. Red Deer on Scottish Islands / Jacqui Mulville -- 7. European Fallow Deer / Naomi Sykes -- 8. The Wild Boar / Umberto Albarella -- 9. The Wolf / Aleksander G. Pluskowski -- 10. The Lynx / David Hetherington -- 11. Wildcats, Domestic and Feral Cats / Terry O'Connor -- 12. The Brown Bear / Andy Hammon -- 13. The European Beaver / Bryony Coles -- 14. The Rabbit / Julie Curl -- 15. The House Mouse / Terry O'Connor -- 16. The Black Rat / Kevin Rielly -- 17. Extinct Birds / Dale Serjeantson -- 18. Bird Introductions / Kristopher Poole -- 19. Freshwater Fish / Alison Locker -- 20. Land and Freshwater Molluscs / Paul Davis -- 21. Insects / Nicki Whitehouse -- 22. Conclusion / Derek W. Yalden
Summary Drawing on new research in the fields of archaeology, ecology and history, this book examines how human society, culture, diet, lifestyles and even whole landscapes were fundamentally shaped by the animal extinctions and introductions that occurred in Britain since the last Ice Age
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-231) and index
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Subject Extinct animals -- Great Britain -- History
Introduced animals -- Great Britain -- History
Animal ecology -- Great Britain
Biological invasions -- Great Britain
Human-animal relationships -- Great Britain
Animals -- Adaptation -- Great Britain
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Animal ecology
Animals -- Adaptation
Biological invasions
Extinct animals
Human-animal relationships
Introduced animals
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author O'Connor, Terry (Archaeologist)
Sykes, Naomi Jane
LC no. 2012419310
ISBN 1905119798
9781905119790