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020 $a9781905119318 (pbk.)
020 $a1905119313 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aQL88.15.G7$bE98 2010
245 00 $aExtinctions and invasions :$ba social history of British fauna /$cedited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes.
260 $aOxford :$bWindgather Press ;$aOakville, CT :$b[Distributor], David Brown Book Company,$cc2010.
300 $aviii, 245 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-231) and index.
520 8 $aDrawing 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.
505 00 $aIntroduction : the British Fauna in a Changing World / Terry O'Connor -- The Horse / Robin Bendrey -- Donkeys and Mules / Cluny Johnstone -- The Aurochs and Domestic Cattle / Anthony J. Legge -- The Elk / Andrew C. Kitchener -- Red Deer on Scottish Islands / Jacqui Mulville --European Fallow Deer / Naomi Sykes -- The Wild Boar / Umberto Albarella -- The Wolf / Aleksander G. Pluskowski -- The Lynx / David Hetherington -- Wildcats, Domestic and Feral Cats / Terry O'Connor -- The Brown Bear / Andy Hammon -- The European Beaver / Bryony Coles -- The Rabbit / Julie Curl -- The House Mouse / Terry O'Connor -- The Black Rat / Kevin Rielly -- Extinct Birds / Dale Serjeantson -- Bird Introductions / Kristopher Poole -- Freshwater Fish / Alison Locker -- Land and Freshwater Molluscs / Paul Davis -- Insects / Nicki Whitehouse -- Conclusion / Derek W. Yalden.
650 0 $aExtinct animals$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aIntroduced animals$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aAnimal ecology$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aBiological invasions$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aHuman-animal relationships$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aAnimals$xAdaptation$zGreat Britain.
700 1 $aO'Connor, T. P.$q(Terence Patrick),$d1954-
700 1 $aSykes, Naomi Jane.