TY - BOOK AU - O'Connor,T.P. AU - Sykes,Naomi Jane ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Extinctions and invasions: a social history of British fauna AV - QL88.15.G7 E98 2010eb U1 - 591.941 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, Oakville, Conn. PB - Windgather Press, [Distributor], David Brown Book Co. KW - Extinct animals KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Introduced animals KW - Animal ecology KW - Biological invasions KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Animals KW - Adaptation KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-231) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10695212 ER -