Influence of Man on Animal Life in Scotland - A Study in Faunal Evolution

Klappentext Originally published in 1920, this book contains lectures on the subject of the impact of humanity on the animal population of Scotland. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1920! this book contains lectures on the subject of the impact of humanity on the animal population of Scotland. Ritchie examines how the presence of man affected the local fauna! either through deliberate manipulation! such as domestication and hunting! or as an indirect effect of actions such as deforestation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introductory; Part I. Man's Deliberate Interference with Animal Life: 2. The domestication of animals; 3. Deliberate destruction of animal life; 4. Protection of animal life; 5. The deliberate introduction of new animals; Part II. Man's Indirect Interference with Animal Life: 6. The destruction of the forest; 7. Influences of cultivation and civilization; 8. Camp followers of commerce, or animals introduced unawares; 9. Chains of circumstance; Index.

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• Authors: James Ritchie, Ritchie James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2015
• EAN: 9781107512030
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51203-0
• No. of pages: 584
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Scotland, Zoology & animal sciences, Human Geography, Zoology and animal sciences, Evolution / Evolutionary biology