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Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their
work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively
new in German academia when World War I broke out, and, as Andrew
D. Evans reveals in this illuminating book, its development was
profoundly altered by the conflict. As the war shaped the
institutional, ideological, and physical environment for
anthropological work, the discipline turned its back on its liberal
roots and became a nationalist endeavor primarily concerned with
scientific studies of race.
Writing for researchers, professionals and graduate students, the authors summarize the collapse of populations of many farmland bird species in the twentieth century, one of the biggest conservation problems of the day. They firstly set the historical context of change in agriculture and bird communities since the eighteenth century, and introduce the bird communities of agricultural land today. They then provide an overview of this very active area of applied conservation science, including in-depth case studies of 16 species that, taken together, illustrate the many ways that agricultural intensification has affected bird populations. Moreover, they show how this evidence base, coupled with recent greening of agriculture policy, has provided opportunities to manage agricultural land to better integrate the needs of food production and bird conservation. They conclude by looking forward to challenges that the conservation of bird populations on agricultural land is likely to face in the near future.
Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their
work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively
new in German academia when World War I broke out, and, as Andrew
D. Evans reveals in this illuminating book, its development was
profoundly altered by the conflict. As the war shaped the
institutional, ideological, and physical environment for
anthropological work, the discipline turned its back on its liberal
roots and became a nationalist endeavor primarily concerned with
scientific studies of race.
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