Extinctions and invasions (Record no. 23856)
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| fixed length control field | 02880nam a2200421 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 591.941 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Extinctions and invasions |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Oxford : |
| Name of publisher | Windgather Press ; |
| Place of publication | Oakville, Conn. : |
| Name of publisher | [Distributor], David Brown Book Co., |
| Year of publication | c2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 245 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : 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. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Extinct animals |
| Topical Term | Introduced animals |
| Topical Term | Animal ecology |
| Topical Term | Biological invasions |
| Topical Term | Human-animal relationships |
| Topical Term | Animals |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | O'Connor, T. P. |
| Personal name | Sykes, Naomi Jane. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10695212 |
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