经济行为与环境变化:清前期台湾野生鹿消失探析

鹿曾经是台湾数量最庞大的野生动物群之一。明末以来,随着台湾贸易交流的活跃,鹿成为大宗出口商品,土著居民由原先捕鹿作为民生用品逐渐发展至为市场服务;清前期大陆移民入台的农业垦殖又破坏了鹿原有的生态环境。人类经济行为引发的环境变化,最终导致了野生鹿在台湾渐趋消失。

Economical Activity and the Change of Environment: Based on the Analysis of the Disappearance of Wild Deer in Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty

Deer had been one of the most quantitative wild animals in Taiwan. But due to the development of commerce during Ming, deer became the staple commodity as a kind of exportation. And the aboriginal began make use of them to boost market, not only for everyday use. In the forepart of Qing dynasty, the continuous influx of the immigrants changed the living environment of deer, by ruining the farming condition there. In a word, the change of environment caused by human’s economical activity, finally led to the vanishing of the deer by degrees in Taiwan.