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- catalog abstract "In the late 19th century, Eugene Scheifflin, prosperous New York drug manufacturer, amateur ornithologist and Shakespeare enthusiast, had a plan: to inventory, import and naturalize every bird mentioned by the Bard. Unfortunately for North American farmers and indigenous birds, Henry IV, Part 1 contains a reference to the starling. In 1890, Scheifflin released 40 pairs of European starlings into Central Park. A year later, the birds had already colonized Staten Island. It took the starlings just 55 years to establish themselves from coast to coast and north to Alaska, decimating many native species, including the bluebird. Concrete Jungle examines this story and myriad other examples of the unpredictable mutations and side-effects that have taken place as urban environments and Nature meet and sometimes collide ...".
- catalog contributor b10258599.
- catalog contributor b10258600.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "In the late 19th century, Eugene Scheifflin, prosperous New York drug manufacturer, amateur ornithologist and Shakespeare enthusiast, had a plan: to inventory, import and naturalize every bird mentioned by the Bard. Unfortunately for North American farmers and indigenous birds, Henry IV, Part 1 contains a reference to the starling. In 1890, Scheifflin released 40 pairs of European starlings into Central Park. A year later, the birds had already colonized Staten Island. It took the starlings just 55 years to establish themselves from coast to coast and north to Alaska, decimating many native species, including the bluebird. Concrete Jungle examines this story and myriad other examples of the unpredictable mutations and side-effects that have taken place as urban environments and Nature meet and sometimes collide ...".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-219)".
- catalog description "Wild in the city -- Alien invaders -- Cats and dogs -- Rats -- Hosting others -- Trash -- Road kill -- Zoos, museums & other fictions.".
- catalog extent "219 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Concrete jungle.".
- catalog identifier "0965104222 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Concrete jungle.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Juno Books,".
- catalog relation "Concrete jungle.".
- catalog subject "304.2/09173/2 21".
- catalog subject "Ecology.".
- catalog subject "Environmental degradation.".
- catalog subject "Environmentalism.".
- catalog subject "GE195 .C66 1996".
- catalog subject "Nature Effect of human beings on.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wild in the city -- Alien invaders -- Cats and dogs -- Rats -- Hosting others -- Trash -- Road kill -- Zoos, museums & other fictions.".
- catalog title "Concrete jungle / edited by Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman.".
- catalog type "text".