Biodiversity in the Late Middle Ages: Wild Birds in the Fourteenth-Century County of Holland

IF 0.8 3区 历史学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Environment and History Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI:10.3197/096734022x16627150608122
S. Govaerts
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This article provides a preliminary overview of the species of wild birds that lived in the fourteenth-century County of Holland, now the Netherlands, on the basis of archaeological and historical sources. It argues that scholars should devote more attention to the Late Middle Ages (1300–1500) as a historical baseline for the study of biodiversity, and demonstrates the value of using medieval financial administration (accounts) as a source for such research. The article identifies 46 species of birds, most of which had substantial socio-economic value (birds of prey, wildfowl, herons and spoonbills). Because some bird populations were actively managed to secure a steady supply, it is possible to gain insight into historical population dynamics. This study can also serve as an example in designing similar research on other species and geographical regions.
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中世纪晚期的生物多样性:14世纪荷兰郡的野生鸟类
本文在考古和历史资料的基础上,对14世纪荷兰郡(即现在的荷兰)的野生鸟类种类进行了初步概述。文章认为,学者们应该更多地关注中世纪晚期(1300-1500年)作为生物多样性研究的历史基线,并论证了将中世纪财务管理(账目)作为此类研究的来源的价值。文章确定了46种鸟类,其中大多数具有可观的社会经济价值(猛禽、野禽、苍鹭和琵鹭)。由于一些鸟类种群得到了积极的管理,以确保稳定的供应,因此有可能深入了解历史上的种群动态。本研究也可为其他物种和地理区域的类似研究设计提供参考。
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期刊介绍: Environment and History is an interdisciplinary journal which aims to bring scholars in the humanities and biological sciences closer together, with the deliberate intention of constructing long and well-founded perspectives on present day environmental problems. Articles appearing in Environment and History are abstracted and indexed in America: History and Life, British Humanities Index, CAB Abstracts, Environment Abstracts, Environmental Policy Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts, Geo Abstracts, Historical Abstracts, History Journals Guide, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Landscape Research Extra, Referativnyi Zhurnal, Rural Sociology Abstracts, Social Sciences in Forestry and World Agricultural Economics.
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