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Author : Abraham Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107156944
This book retells American southern history from feral animals' perspective, examining social, cultural, and evolutionary consequences of domestication and feralization.
Author : Abraham Gibson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Coevolution
ISBN : 1316795357
Author : Abraham Gibson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Coevolution
ISBN : 1316792471
This book retells American southern history from feral animals' perspective, examining social, cultural, and evolutionary consequences of domestication and feralization.
Author : Abraham H. Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781316791035
The relationship between humans and domestic animals has changed in dramatic ways over the ages, and those transitions have had profound consequences for all parties involved. As societies evolve, the selective pressures that shape domestic populations also change. Some animals retain close relationships with humans, but many do not. Those who establish residency in the wild, free from direct human control, are technically neither domestic nor wild: they are feral. If we really want to understand humanity's complex relationship with domestic animals, then we cannot simply ignore the ones who went feral. This is especially true in the American South, where social and cultural norms have facilitated and sustained large populations of feral animals for hundreds of years. Feral Animals in the American South retells southern history from this new perspective of feral animals.
Author : Kathryn Renton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316515075
Examines how horses shaped society, politics, and imperial control during the first century of conquest and colonization in Spanish America.
Author : Fabiano Montiani-Ferreira,Bret A. Moore,Gil Ben-Shlomo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030812737
This Volume 2 of a two-volume work is the first textbook to offer a practical yet comprehensive approach to clinical ophthalmology in wild and exotic mammals. A phylogenetic approach is used to introduce the ecology and importance of vision across the entire diversity of mammal species before focusing on both the diverse aspects of comparative anatomy and clinical management of ocular disease from one animal group to the next. Edited by three of the most esteemed authorities in exotic animal ophthalmology, this two-volume work is separated into non-mammalian species (Volume 1: Invertebrates, Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds) and Mammals (Volume 2: Mammals). Wild and Exotic Animal Ophthalmology, Volumes 1 and 2 is an essential collection for veterinary ophthalmologists and other veterinary practitioners working with wild and exotic animals.
Author : Françoise Besson,Zélia M. Bora,Marianne Marroum,Scott Slovic
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781793611079
Throughout the world, people spend much of their time with animal companions of various kinds, frequently with cats and dogs. What meanings do we make of these relationships? In the ecocritical collection Reading cats and Dogs, a diverse array of scholars considers the philosophy, literature, and film devoted to human relationships with companion species. In addition to illuminating famous animal stories by Beatrix Potter, Jack London, Italo Svevo, and Michael Ondaatje, readers are introduced to the dog poems of Shuntarō Tanikawa, a Turkish documentary on stray cats as neighborhood companions, and the representation of diverse animal companions in Cameroonian novels. Focusing on “Stray and Feral Companions,” “The Usefulness of Companion Animals,” and “Problematizing Companion Animals,” Reading Cats and Dogs aims both to confirm and topple readers’ assumptions about the fellow travelers with whom we share our lives, our streets and fields, and our planet. Fifteen contributors from various countries reveal the aesthetic, ethical, and psychological complexities of our multispecies relationships, demonstrating the richness of ecocritical animal studies.
Author : Daniel Vandersommers
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780700635696
Founded amid the urban commotion of Washington, DC, before the dawn of the twentieth century, the National Zoological Park opened to “preserve, teach, and conduct research about the animal world.” Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo is a study of this important cultural landmark from 1887 to 1920. Centered on the animals themselves, each chapter looks from a different angle at the influential science of popular zoology in order to shed new light on the complex, entangled relationships between humans and animals. Daniel Vandersommers’s goal is twofold. First, through narrative, he shows how zoo animals always ran away from the zoo. This is meant literally—animals escaped frequently—but even more so, figuratively. Living, breathing, historical zoo animals ran away from their cultural constructions, and these constructions ran away from the living bodies they were made to represent. The author shows that the resulting gaps produced by runaway animals contain concealed, distorted, and erased histories worthy of uncovering. Second, Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo demonstrates how the popular zoology fostered by the National Zoo shaped every aspect of American science, culture, and conservation during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Between the 1880s and World War I, as intellectuals debated Darwinism and scientists institutionalized the laboratory, zoological parks suddenly appeared at the heart of nearly every major American city, captivating tens of millions of visitors. Vandersommers follows stories previously hidden within the National Zoo in order to help us reconsider the place of zoos and their inhabitants in the twenty-first century.
Author : Kurt C. VerCauteren,James C. Beasley,Stephen S. Ditchkoff,John J. Mayer,Gary J. Roloff,Bronson K. Strickland
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351869904
Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species. Though they are regarded as a popular game species by some, provide economic benefits to others, and are even engrained into societal heritage in some areas, wild pigs are responsible for an extraordinary amount of damage in both natural and anthropogenic systems throughout North America. As the density and range of wild pig habitat have substantially increased over the last several decades, the magnitude and diversity of their negative impacts are not yet fully realized or quantified. With various conflicts continually emerging, wild pig management is difficult and expensive to achieve. As a result, wild pigs represent one of the greatest wildlife management challenges North America faces in the 21st century. Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management addresses all aspects of wild pig biology, ecology, damage, and management in a single comprehensive volume. It assimilates and organizes information on the most destructive introduced vertebrate species in the United States, establishing a foundation from which managers, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders can build upon into the future. The book provides comprehensive coverage of wild pig biology and ecology, techniques for management and research, and regional chapters. It is an asset to readers interested in wild pigs, the resources they impact, and how to mitigate those impacts, and establishes a vision of the future of wild pigs in North America. Features: Compiles valuable knowledge for a broad audience including wild pig managers, researchers, adversaries, and enthusiasts from across North America Addresses taxonomy, morphology, genetics, physiology, spatial ecology, population dynamics, diseases and parasites, and the naturalized niche of wild pigs Includes chapters on damage to resources, management, research methods, human dimensions and education, and policy and legislation Contains full color images and case studies of interesting and informative situations being created by wild pigs throughout North America Includes a chapter on wild pigs at the wildland–urban interface, a more recent and especially challenging issue
Author : John L Long
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643099166
Winner in the Scholarly Reference section of the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. Introduced Mammals of the World provides a concise and extensive source of information on the range of introductions of mammals conducted by humans, and an indication as to which have resulted in adverse outcomes. It provides a very valuable tool by which scientists can assess future potential introductions (or re-introductions) to avoid costly mistakes. It also provides tangible proof of the need for political decision makers to consider good advice and make wise and cautious decisions. Introduced Mammals of the World also provides a comprehensive reference to students of ecological systems management and biological conservation. This book is a companion volume to Introduced Birds of the World, by the same author, published in 1981, and which remains the premier text of its kind in the world more than twenty years after it was published. Introduced Mammals of the World provides the most comprehensive account of the movement of mammals around the world providing details on the date(s) of introduction, the person/agency responsible, the source populations, the location(s) of release, the fate of the introductions, and the impact if known, for over 300 species of mammal.
Author : Colin McCarthy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756668136
What’s the difference between a crocodile and alligator? Find out here—and then turn the page to see a snake eating a rat, a lizard in mating display, or a turtle defending itself! Stunning real-life photographs of snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and turtles offer a unique "eyewitness" view of some of the world''s most curious living creatures, their intriguing characteristics, and unusual behavior. Learn how crocodiles look after their young, how lizards store fat in their tails, and how chameleons swivel their eyes. Witness how snakes are charmed, how geckos walk upside down, why crocodiles swallow stones, how a snake is milked of its venom, and much, much more! Discover the intriguing world of reptiles, including their natural history, habits, and lifestyles
Author : William Harrison De Puy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172131054664
Author : Fabián M. Jaksic,Sergio A. Castro
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030563790
This book provides a conceptually organized framework to understand the phenomenon of biological invasions at the Anthropocene global scale. Most advances toward that aim have been provided from North American and European researchers, with fewer contributions from Australia and South Africa. Here we fill the void from the Neotropics, focusing on the research experience in South American countries, with a strong emphasis on Argentina and Chile. The text is divided into two parts: The first half comprises self-contained chapters, providing a conceptual, bibliographic and empirical foundation in the field of invasion biology, from an Anthropocene perspective. The second half reviews the ecology, biogeography, and local impacts in South America of exotic species groups (European rabbit, Eurasian wild boar, Canadian beaver, North American mink, and Holarctic freshwater fishes), which are shown to be useful models for case studies of global relevance.
Author : Wendy S. Wilson,Lloyd M. Thompson
Publisher : Walch Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 0825133327
Build your students' understanding and appreciation for the broad diversity in U.S. history. Enhances students' historical and critical-thinking skills with materials on key Native American tribes Promotes easily individualized instruction and engages varied intelligences Includes teacher guide, plus reproducible student information sheets and activities
Author : Julian Haynes Steward,Louis C. Faron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Indians of South America
ISBN : UVA:X000195603
The information in this book makes it possible to delineate the various cultures more accurately than in the past. Beyond factual or descriptive accounts, this book offers interpretations and explanations.