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Victoria J. Taylor
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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar Herts, UK
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Nigel Dunstone
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham City, UK
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Exploitation of Mammal Populations: Past, Present and Future
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- Victoria J. Taylor, Nigel Dunstone
Pages 3-15
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- Stephen Tapper, Jonathan Reynolds
Pages 28-44
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- Robert Prescott-Allen, Christine Prescott-Allen
Pages 45-61
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Harvesting Wild Mammal Populations
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- James G. Teer, Valeri M. Neronov, Lir V. Zhirnov, Anatolij I. Blizniuk
Pages 75-87
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- José Roberto Moreira, David W. Macdonald
Pages 88-101
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Hunting and Its Impact on Wildlife
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Front Matter
Pages 115-115
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- Heribert Hofer, Kenneth L. I. Campbell, Marion L. East, Sally A. Huish
Pages 117-146
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- Clare D. FitzGibbon, Hezron Mogaka, John H. Fanshawe
Pages 147-159
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- David W. Macdonald, Paul J. Johnson
Pages 160-207
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- Jochen Langbein, Rory Putman
Pages 208-225
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Wildlife Trade and Conservation
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Front Matter
Pages 227-227
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- David M. Lavigne, Carolyn J. Callaghan, Richard J. Smith
Pages 250-265
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About this book
Human exploitation of other mammals has passed through three histori cal phases, distinct in their ecological significance though overlapping in time. Initially, Homo sapiens was a predator, particularly of herbivores but also of fur-bearing predators. From about 11 000 years ago, goats and sheep were domesticated in the Middle East, rapidly replacing gazelles and other game as the principal source of meat. The principal crops, including wheat and barley, were taken into agriculture at about the same time, and the resulting Neolithic farming culture spread slowly from there over the subsequent 10 500 years. In a few places such as Mexico, Peru and China, this Middle Eastern culture met and merged with agricultural traditions that had made a similar but independent transition. These agricultural traditions provided the essential support for the industrial revolution, and for a third phase of industrial exploita tion of mammals. In this chapter, these themes are drawn out and their ecological signifi cance is investigated. Some of the impacts of humans on other mammals require consideration on a world-wide basis, but the chapter concen trates, parochially, on Great Britain. What have been the ecological consequences of our exploitation of other mammals? 2. 2 HISTORICAL PHASES OF EXPLOITATION 2. 2. 1 Predatory man Our nearest relatives - chimpanzees, orang utans and gorillas - are essentially forest species, deriving most of their diet from the fruits of forest trees and the shoots and leaves of plants.
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...presents clear and well written papers on a variety of aspects of importance and certainly presents a number of issues that require current and future serious consideration...- Journal of Animal Ecology
Editors and Affiliations
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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar Herts, UK
Victoria J. Taylor
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham City, UK
Nigel Dunstone
