Author: George Laurence Gomme
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A journal of historic and pre-historic antiquities.
The Archaeological Review
Author: George Laurence Gomme
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A journal of historic and pre-historic antiquities.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A journal of historic and pre-historic antiquities.
The Draining of the Fens
Author: H. C. Darby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107402980
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107402980
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided.
Catalogue of the Books and Papers for the Most Part Relating to Cambridge
Author: A. T. Bartholomew
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108015921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This alphabetical catalogue documents John Willis Clark's collection of over ten thousand Cambridge-related books, pamphlets and pieces of print.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108015921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This alphabetical catalogue documents John Willis Clark's collection of over ten thousand Cambridge-related books, pamphlets and pieces of print.
Catalogue of the Books and Papers for the Most Part Relating to the University, Town, and County of Cambridge
Author: Cambridge University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Alien Reptiles and Amphibians
Author: Fred Kraus
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402089465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Transportation of species to areas outside their native ranges has been a feature of human culture for millennia. During this time such activities have largely been viewed as beneficial or inconsequential. However, it has become increasingly clear that human-caused introductions of alien biota are an ecological disruption whose consequences rival those of better-known insults like chemical pollution, habitat loss, and climate change. Indeed, the irreversible nature of most alien-species int- ductions makes them less prone to correction than many other ecological problems. Current reshuffling of species ranges is so great that the present era has been referred to by some as the “Homogocene” in an effort to reflect the unique mag- tude of the changes being made. These alien interlopers often cause considerable ecological and economic d- age where introduced. Species extinctions, food-web disruptions, community alte- tions, ecosystem conversion, changes in nutrient cycling, fisheries collapse, watershed degradation, agricultural loss, building damage, and disease epidemics are among the destructive – and frequently unpredictable – ecological and economic effects that invasive alien species can inflict. The magnitude of these damages c- tinues to grow, with virtually all environments heavily used by humans now do- nated by alien species and many “natural” areas becoming increasingly prone to alien invasion as well. Attention to this problem has increased in the past decade or so, and efforts to prevent or limit further harm are gaining wider scientific and political acceptance.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402089465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Transportation of species to areas outside their native ranges has been a feature of human culture for millennia. During this time such activities have largely been viewed as beneficial or inconsequential. However, it has become increasingly clear that human-caused introductions of alien biota are an ecological disruption whose consequences rival those of better-known insults like chemical pollution, habitat loss, and climate change. Indeed, the irreversible nature of most alien-species int- ductions makes them less prone to correction than many other ecological problems. Current reshuffling of species ranges is so great that the present era has been referred to by some as the “Homogocene” in an effort to reflect the unique mag- tude of the changes being made. These alien interlopers often cause considerable ecological and economic d- age where introduced. Species extinctions, food-web disruptions, community alte- tions, ecosystem conversion, changes in nutrient cycling, fisheries collapse, watershed degradation, agricultural loss, building damage, and disease epidemics are among the destructive – and frequently unpredictable – ecological and economic effects that invasive alien species can inflict. The magnitude of these damages c- tinues to grow, with virtually all environments heavily used by humans now do- nated by alien species and many “natural” areas becoming increasingly prone to alien invasion as well. Attention to this problem has increased in the past decade or so, and efforts to prevent or limit further harm are gaining wider scientific and political acceptance.
Fen and Sea
Author: I.G. Simmons
Publisher: Windgather Press
ISBN: 1911188976
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Renowned environmental historian I.G. Simmons synthesizes detailed research into the landscape history of the coastal area of Lincolnshire between Boston and Skegness and its hinterland of Tofts, Low Grounds and Fen as far as the Wolds. With many excellent illustrations Simmons chronicles the ways in which this low coast, backed by a wet fen, has been managed to display a set of landscapes which have significant differences that contradict the common terminology of uniformity, calling the area ‘flat’ or referring to everywhere from Cleethorpes to King’s Lynn as ‘the fens’. These usually labeled ‘flat’ areas of East Lincolnshire between Mablethorpe and Boston are in fact a mosaic of subtly different landscapes. They have become that way largely due to the human influences derived from agriculture and industry. Between the beginning of Norman rule and the advent of pumped drainage, a number of significant changes took place. The author has accumulated information from Roman times until the beginnings of fossil-fuel powered drainage, bringing together both scientific data and documentary evidence including medieval and early modern documents from the National Archive, Lincolnshire Archives, Bethlem Hospital and Magdalen College, Oxford, to explore the little-known archives of regional interest.
Publisher: Windgather Press
ISBN: 1911188976
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Renowned environmental historian I.G. Simmons synthesizes detailed research into the landscape history of the coastal area of Lincolnshire between Boston and Skegness and its hinterland of Tofts, Low Grounds and Fen as far as the Wolds. With many excellent illustrations Simmons chronicles the ways in which this low coast, backed by a wet fen, has been managed to display a set of landscapes which have significant differences that contradict the common terminology of uniformity, calling the area ‘flat’ or referring to everywhere from Cleethorpes to King’s Lynn as ‘the fens’. These usually labeled ‘flat’ areas of East Lincolnshire between Mablethorpe and Boston are in fact a mosaic of subtly different landscapes. They have become that way largely due to the human influences derived from agriculture and industry. Between the beginning of Norman rule and the advent of pumped drainage, a number of significant changes took place. The author has accumulated information from Roman times until the beginnings of fossil-fuel powered drainage, bringing together both scientific data and documentary evidence including medieval and early modern documents from the National Archive, Lincolnshire Archives, Bethlem Hospital and Magdalen College, Oxford, to explore the little-known archives of regional interest.
Naturalized Reptiles and Amphibians of the World
Author: Christopher Lever
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198507710
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This book describes how the various alien reptiles and amphibians now living in the wild throughout the world were first introduced, how they subsequently became naturalized, their present distribution and status in those countries to which they were introduced, and their ecological and socio-economic impact on the native biota and local economies. Many species have had a more or less neutral impact, being neither beneficial nor harmful. However, several have had a positive ecological or socio-economic impact, while some such as the cane toad, have had an extremely destructive effect.The criteria for inclusion of a species are that it should have been imported from its natural range to a new country by human agency--either accidentally or deliberately--and that it should currently be established in the wild in self-maintaining and self-perpetuating populations unsupported by and independent of mankind.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198507710
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This book describes how the various alien reptiles and amphibians now living in the wild throughout the world were first introduced, how they subsequently became naturalized, their present distribution and status in those countries to which they were introduced, and their ecological and socio-economic impact on the native biota and local economies. Many species have had a more or less neutral impact, being neither beneficial nor harmful. However, several have had a positive ecological or socio-economic impact, while some such as the cane toad, have had an extremely destructive effect.The criteria for inclusion of a species are that it should have been imported from its natural range to a new country by human agency--either accidentally or deliberately--and that it should currently be established in the wild in self-maintaining and self-perpetuating populations unsupported by and independent of mankind.
The Academy and Literature
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Understanding Wetlands
Author: S. M. Haslam
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203634187
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world. They contribute significantly to the planet's biodiversity, housing thousands of species of plants and animals. Increasingly, human management is required to sustain, and even create these fragile ecosystems, while global changes in climate are also taking their t
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203634187
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world. They contribute significantly to the planet's biodiversity, housing thousands of species of plants and animals. Increasingly, human management is required to sustain, and even create these fragile ecosystems, while global changes in climate are also taking their t
Finding Time for the Old Stone Age
Author: Anne O'Connor
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199215472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In the mid 19th century, curious stone implements were found beside the bones of extinct animals. Humans were evidently more ancient than had been supposed - but just how old were they? A colourful cast of characters debated the question and even came to blows over it. Anne O'Connor tells their fascinating story.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199215472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In the mid 19th century, curious stone implements were found beside the bones of extinct animals. Humans were evidently more ancient than had been supposed - but just how old were they? A colourful cast of characters debated the question and even came to blows over it. Anne O'Connor tells their fascinating story.