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This authoritative and eminently readable book relates how the alien vertebrate animals now living in the wild in Britain and Ireland were introduced and naturalized, their status and distribution, and their impact on the local environment. The core of the book describes animals that have been imported deliberately or accidentally and have established populations in the wild, among them the Red-necked Wallaby, Monk Parakeet and African Clawed Toad. There are also sections on feral domesticated species such as feral cats, goats and Reindeer, ephemeral species such as the Canadian Beaver and Mongolian Gerbil, and reintroduced species like the now-thriving Red Kite. Distribution maps show the locations of most of the featured species, and full-colour photographs reveal their amazing diversity.
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"Essential reading for any conservationist, student and any general wildlife enthusiast" --Sussex Wildlife Trust, April 2010
"This book will provide plenty of food for thought for professional biologist and and amateur naturalists alike"
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"This is an invaluable reference work on the subject" -- Countrymans Weekly, July 27, 2010
"As valuable as it is interesting and sure to be a much-consulted work of reference." -- TheTravelEditor.com, July 27, 2010
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"This book will provide plenty of food for thought for professional biologist and and amateur naturalists alike"
--Deer, May 2010
"This is an invaluable reference work on the subject" -- Countrymans Weekly, July 27, 2010
"As valuable as it is interesting and sure to be a much-consulted work of reference." -- TheTravelEditor.com, July 27, 2010
SIR CHRISTOPHER LEVER has been studying and writing about the history and ecology of naturalized animals, on which he is now the world authority, for nearly 50 years. His books include Naturalized Mammals, Birds, Fishes, and Reptiles and Amphibians of the World (4 volumes), Mandarin Duck, Cane Toad and Naturalized Animals. He is a frequent contributor to many journals and newspapers, including New Scientist, BBC Wildlife, BirdLife, The Times, Country Life and Illustrated London News. A dedicated conservationist, he is deeply concerned with the conservation of the environment and of the ever-decreasing stocks of the worlds fauna and flora. He is Honorary Life President of the Tusk Trust, the leading UK NGO involved exclusively with conservation and community programmes in Africa.
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- PublisherNew Holland
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1847734545
- ISBN 13 9781847734549
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages424
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THE NATURALIZED ANIMALS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND. By Christopher Lever.
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition thus. 8vo (162 x 244mm) Pp424. Colour photographs, maps, bibliography. Laminated boards. A few pages slightly stuck together or slightly abraded, not affecting text, else fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is an "authoritative and eminently readable book, which revises, expands and updates the author's The Naturalized Animals of the British Isles (1977) [in which] Christopher Lever describes when, where, why, how and by whom the various species of non-native animal now living in the wild in Britain and Ireland were introduced by humans." Lever also examines existing and proposed reintroductions. Sections include; wallabies, grey squirrels, edible dormice, voles, mice and rats, rabbits and hares, shrews, mink, deer, ten species of ducks and geese, seven species of partridge and pheasant, parakeets, terrapins, lizards, aesculapian snakes, eleven species of toads and frogs, including the American Bullfrog, newts, sturgeons, sterlets, seven species of carp and carp relations, catfish, salmon, trout. Feral domestic species. Reintroduced species of mammals and birds. Proposed reintroductions. Ephemeral species; prairie dogs, raccoons, beavers, coypu, hamsters, muskrats, gerbils, porcupines, oriental short-clawed otters, parakeets, lovebirds, budgerigars and others, tilapia, rock and largemouth bass, guppies. Some introductions seem trivial, others potentially disastrous - the American Bullfrog weighs a pound and eats everything in sight, for instance, whilst the famous rose-ringed parakeet of London and the South-East is one of India's worst agricultural pests. An important book which is well worth anyone's time reading. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00. Seller Inventory # 28832
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