Birds, scythes, and combines : a history of birds and agricultural change / by Michael Shrubb.
Birds, scythes, and combines : a history of birds and agricultural change / by Michael Shrubb.
Birds, scythes, and combines : a history of birds and agricultural change / by Michael Shrubb.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N577.55/1
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English
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x, 371 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The agricultural background -- 2. The farmland birds -- 3. Arable farming systems: high farming and before -- 4. Enclosure -- 5. Some thoughts on hedges -- 6. Drainage -- 7. Weeds, weeding and pesticides -- 8. Arable farming systems: after 1945 -- 9. Grassland and stock -- 10. Winter food resourc...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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In contrast, modern farming methods, with changes in grassland management, in herbicide use and in harvesting methods particularly, have led to a collapse in the diversity of farmland and to a consequent steep decline in the population size of a high proportion of the farmland birds we see today."--BOOK JACKET....
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Birds, scythes, and combines : a history of birds and agricultural change / by Michael Shrubb.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-362) and index.
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N577.55/1
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74VKwkvWJVaZ
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0521814634 :
9780521814638
0521814634
9780521814638 :
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577.550941
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991018433549702626
