[Extract] This book makes an interesting and sustained argument both about the significance of non-human species in Australian environmental history and about the way in which variationsin animal populations affect human responses to them. In the introduction, the editorsmake a strong argument for the role of studies of Australian history in contributing to under-standings of animals at a population level. They state that Australia's colonisation occurred asanimals were becoming marginalised in industrial society and argue that this removal ofanimals from most people's everyday experiences provides an opportunity to unravel theway in which the population size of a particular species influences human reactions to it.

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动物数量：人口规模在动物与人类关系中的重要性

[摘录] 这本书就非人类物种在澳大利亚环境历史中的重要性以及动物种群的变化影响人类对它们的反应的方式进行了有趣而持久的论证。在引言中，编辑们对澳大利亚历史研究在促进对动物种群水平的理解方面的作用提出了强有力的论据。他们指出，澳大利亚的殖民化是因为动物在工业社会中变得边缘化，并认为这种将动物从大多数人的日常生活中移除提供了一个机会，可以揭示特定物种的人口规模影响人类对其反应的方式。