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This article, which is mostly based on Song, Yuan and early Ming sources, investigates a neglected chapter in animal and trade history – China's import of exotic birds from Southeast Asia. From a commercial point of view the exchange of rare animals across Asia's maritime spaces was negligible, but not infrequently, " rare commodities" left a strong visible impact on the recipient culture ; one may treat this as a longue durée phenomenon in the Braudelian sense. That also applies to the case of precious birds, which were kept as pets in China, inspiring the literary elite to produce pictures and poems. At the same time, avian products came to be used in medicine, for decorative purposes and in other ways. The article, organised in the form of a " commodity study", contains separate chapters on various creatures such as huoji (cassowaries ?), hornbills, " talking birds", kingfishers, etc. Each section establishes a structured panorama of why and when particular birds / bird products were sent to China – and thus, how Southeast Asia contributed to making life in China more colourful.

Un oiseau drapé de fusils Des armes importées d'Union soviétique, d'Europe occidentale et des États-Unis, utilisées par la Renamo et le Frelimo, ont servi de matériaux à des sculpteurs du Mozambique urbain pour produire des œuvres engagées. Ces sculptures ne renvoient pas seulement à la guerre aujourd'hui achevée, mais aussi à la structure sociale et politique actuelle du pays. Cet article analyse l'œuvre d'un des sculpteurs de Maputo les plus importants de sa génération, Fiel dos Santos, le concepteur d'une œuvre célèbre, L'Oiseau qui veut survivre.

Bird disturbance is one of the impacts related to human frequentation on natural sites. It results both from the destruction and the fragmentation of natural habitats, and from the increase of human frequentation on these spots. If human/bird cohabitation has been possible for a long time thanks to widespread natural habitats and a lower anthropogenic pressure, it has now become more complex and sometimes problematical when disturbance occurs on a regular basis and when rare and/or endangered species are concerned. This thesis aims to assess the issue of bird disturbance within the geographical framework of Brittany, France. Firstly, an extensive scientific bibliographic synthesis coupled with a regional survey enabled us to highlight the complexity of the concept of disturbance, its biogeographical characteristics as well as the difficulties faced by conservation area managers when dealing with this issue in situ. Secondly, this thesis aims to carry out a methodological and pluridisciplinary study of human/bird interactions through the monitoring of two working sites, bringing together the skills and knowledge of different geographers and biologists. Based on a reading of the Natura 2000 legislation, our methodology allows an assessment and a quantification of the loss of natural habitats in wintering waterbirds resulting from human frequentation, thus, enabling the identification of human activities regarded by European legislation as "significant disturbance". ; Le dérangement de l'avifaune fait parti des impacts de la fréquentation humaine. Il est la résultante, d'une part, de la disparition et de la fragmentation des milieux naturels, et, d'autre part de l'augmentation de la fréquentation humaine sur ces derniers. Si la cohabitation entre les hommes et les populations d'oiseaux a été longtemps possible car les milieux naturels étaient suffisamment étendus et la pression anthropique plus faible, elle devient aujourd'hui de plus en plus complexe, parfois problématique, lorsque le dérangement est régulier et ...

Bird disturbance is one of the impacts related to human frequentation on natural sites. It results both from the destruction and the fragmentation of natural habitats, and from the increase of human frequentation on these spots. If human/bird cohabitation has been possible for a long time thanks to widespread natural habitats and a lower anthropogenic pressure, it has now become more complex and sometimes problematical when disturbance occurs on a regular basis and when rare and/or endangered species are concerned. This thesis aims to assess the issue of bird disturbance within the geographical framework of Brittany, France. Firstly, an extensive scientific bibliographic synthesis coupled with a regional survey enabled us to highlight the complexity of the concept of disturbance, its biogeographical characteristics as well as the difficulties faced by conservation area managers when dealing with this issue in situ. Secondly, this thesis aims to carry out a methodological and pluridisciplinary study of human/bird interactions through the monitoring of two working sites, bringing together the skills and knowledge of different geographers and biologists. Based on a reading of the Natura 2000 legislation, our methodology allows an assessment and a quantification of the loss of natural habitats in wintering waterbirds resulting from human frequentation, thus, enabling the identification of human activities regarded by European legislation as "significant disturbance". ; Le dérangement de l'avifaune fait parti des impacts de la fréquentation humaine. Il est la résultante, d'une part, de la disparition et de la fragmentation des milieux naturels, et, d'autre part de l'augmentation de la fréquentation humaine sur ces derniers. Si la cohabitation entre les hommes et les populations d'oiseaux a été longtemps possible car les milieux naturels étaient suffisamment étendus et la pression anthropique plus faible, elle devient aujourd'hui de plus en plus complexe, parfois problématique, lorsque le dérangement est régulier et ...