Extinctions and Invasions : a Social History of British Fauna.
Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course of millennia humans have manipulated Britain's...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Havertown :
Oxbow Books,
2010.
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| Summary: | Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course of millennia humans have manipulated Britain's fauna. For reasons of fear, suspicion, desire, or simply inadvertently, certain species were brought to extinction. In their place new animals were introduced: some transported purposefully by invading populations, others sent as royal gifts from far off lands, whilst several species arrived as stowaways. Th. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781905119790 1905119798 |