viii, 245 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2010
C2010
Contents:
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 / Andrew C. Kitchener and Terry O'Connor -- The brown bear / Andy Hammon -- The European beaver / Bryony Coles -- The rabbit / Naomi Sykes and 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 Davies -- Insects / Harry Kenward and Nicki Whitehouse -- 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.
