Securing the Sinews of Sea Power: British Intervention in the Baltic 1780–1815

Davey, James

doi:10.1080/07075332.2011.555384

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“…This period in European history is referred to as the ‘Age of Discovery’ representing the first wave of European colonialism. Extensive shipbuilding to support colonial explorations and wars required vast quantities of wood (Davey, 2011), especially ‘outsized’ mature oak trees (Melby, 2012), the same trees favoured by barbastelles for roosting (Russo et al., 2020). Historic documents from that period raise concerns about wood shortage in Britain (Warde, 2006).…”

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Razgour,

Montauban,

Festa

et al. 2023

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Anthropogenically driven environmental changes over recent centuries have led to severe declines of wildlife populations. Better tools are needed to assess the magnitude and consequences of these declines. Anecdotal evidence suggests European bat populations have suffered substantial declines in the past centuries. However, there is little empirical evidence of these declines that can be used to put more recent population trends into historic context. This study is a collaboration between academics and conservation practitioners to develop molecular approaches capable of providing evidence of historic population changes that can inform conservation status assessments and management. We generated a genomic dataset of 46,872 SNPs for the Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus, a regionally Vulnerable bat species, including colonies from across the species' British and Iberian ranges. We used a combination of landscape genetics and model‐based inference of demographic history to identify both evidence of population size changes and possible drivers of these changes. Levels of genetic diversity increased and inbreeding decreased with increasing broadleaf woodland cover around the colony. Genetic connectivity was impeded by artificial lights and facilitated by rivers and broadleaf woodland cover. The demographic history analysis showed that both the northern and southern British barbastelle populations have declined by 99% over the past 330–548 years. These declines may be linked to the loss of large oak trees and native woodlands due to shipbuilding during the early colonial period. Synthesis and applications. Genomic approaches can provide a better understanding of the conservation status of threatened species, within historic and contemporary contexts, and inform their conservation management. Our findings of will directly influence the definition of the Favourable Conservation Status of the barbastelle, in turn influencing considerations of the conservation of the species in development plans. Knowledge gained will also help set species recovery targets. Policymakers are interested in using our approach for other species. This study shows how we can bridge the implementation gap between genomic research and direct conservation applications. There is an urgent need to carry out such collaborative studies for other priority species to enable informed species recovery interventions via policy mechanisms and project delivery.

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Razgour,

Montauban,

Festa

et al. 2023

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…This period in European history is referred to as the 'Age of Discovery' representing the first wave of European colonialism. Extensive shipbuilding to support colonial explorations required vast quantities of wood (Davey, 2011), and in particular large, 'outsized' mature oak trees (Warde, 2006), the same trees favoured by barbastelles for roosting (Russo et al, 2020). Historic documents from that period raise concerns about wood shortage in Britain (Warde, 2006).…”

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Razgour

Montauban

Festa

et al. 2023

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Anthropogenically-driven environmental changes over the past two centuries have led to severe biodiversity loss, most prominently in the form of loss of populations and individuals. Better tools are needed to assess the magnitude of these wildlife population declines. Anecdotal evidence suggests European bat populations have suffered substantial declines in the past few centuries. However, there is little empirical evidence of these declines that can be used to put more recent population changes into historic context and set appropriate targets for species recovery. This study is a collaboration between academics and conservation practitioners to develop molecular approaches capable of providing quantitative evidence of historic population changes and their drivers that can inform the assessment of conservation status and conservation management. We generated a genomic dataset for the Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus, a globally Near Threatened and regionally Vulnerable bat species, including colonies from across the species British and Iberian ranges. We used a combination of landscape genetics and approximate Bayesian computation model-based inference of demographic history to identify both evidence of population size changes and possible drivers of these changes. We found that levels of genetic diversity increased and inbreeding decreased with increasing broadleaf woodland cover around the colony location. Genetic connectivity was impeded by artificial lights and facilitated by the combination of rivers and broadleaf woodland cover. The demographic history analysis showed that both the northern and southern British barbastelle populations have declined by 99% over the past 330-548 years. These declines may have been triggered by loss of large oak trees and native woodlands due to shipbuilding during the early colonial period. Genomic approaches can be applied to provide a better understanding of the conservation status of threatened species, within historic and contemporary context, and inform their conservation management. This study shows how we can bridge the implementation gap and promote the application of genomics in conservation management through co-designing studies with conservation practitioners and co-developing applied management targets and recommendations.

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“…The above products were considered essential in the Dutch and the British conquest and exploitation of overseas colonies (Malowist, 1958, p. 27), all of which, directly or indirectly, might have been used for the transportation of ‘peoples’ from Africa to the ‘New World’. According to Davey (2011, p. 162), some of the raw materials used for shipbuilding in London could only be bought from the Baltic region. As Fedorowicz (1980) and later Walvin (2017, pp.…”

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Eastern Europe: The ‘other’ geographies in the colonial global economy

Balogun

2022

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This article engages with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and its entanglement with the maintenance of the transatlantic colonial economy established by its powerful imperial neighbours. In doing so, the article signals an argument that the processes of the colonial global economy cannot be reduced to the West, but are also essential in the development of ‘other’ European geographies that have been thought of as detached, non‐complicit and irrelevant to transatlantic narratives of slavery and empires. The focus here is directed towards the benefits of ‘associated trades’ that, when viewed through Charles Mills's ‘racial contract’ framework, offer an alternative longue durée of connected geographies that makes visible Eastern Europe's links to the benefits of the colonial global economy.

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Securing the Sinews of Sea Power: British Intervention in the Baltic 1780–1815

Cited by 6 publications

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats

Eastern Europe: The ‘other’ geographies in the colonial global economy

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