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Author Lovegrove, Roger.

Title Silent fields : the long decline of a nation's wildlife / Roger Lovegrove ; line illustrations by Ross Lovegrove
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 MELB  333.9541370941 Lov/Sft  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Lost animals : early eliminations by man -- 2. The social background to persecution -- 3. To kill a rat or catch a kite : methods of control -- 4. Killing in Scotland -- 5. In on the act - searching the record -- 6. Birds - individual species accounts -- 7. Mammals - individual species accounts -- 8. Local patterns of persecution : England and Wales -- 9. The return of the natives -- 10. Modern control - legal and illegal -- 11. Vermin control and wildlife management : where next? -- App. 1. Summary table of vermin payments extracted from churchwardens' accounts -- App. 2. Scientific names of species mentioned in the text
Summary "With species-by-species accounts accompanied by specially commissioned illustrations, this book outlines the history - and often the future too - of a wealth of wildlife species, from the wild cat and the weasel, to the golden eagle and the humble house sparrow."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography : pages [353]-377
Subject Wildlife management -- Great Britain -- History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Great Britain -- History.
Wildlife pests -- Control -- Great Britain -- History.
Author Lovegrove, Ross, 1958-
LC no. 2006039414
ISBN 9780198520719 alkaline paper
0198520719 alkaline paper