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catalog abstract ""Deer in Manhattan, coyotes in the Bronx, wild turkeys flying down Broadway: among the traffic and tall buildings of America's most urban terrain, another city - suppressed and segregated during daylight, exceedingly lively from twilight to dawn - has begun to stake a new claim. Wild Nights is a startling tour of this other New York, revealing how stubbornly nature reasserts itself, adapting its survival strategies to even the most violently resculpted terrain. In this first predominantly urban period in human history, confrontation and competition with the natural world are becoming everyday occurrences. Some encounters charm us; some we dread; some we badly misunderstand. Anne Matthews explores them, examining the implications of this unexpected and powerful resurgence of nature for the fate of a world of megacities and suburban hypersprawl. Animated by her keen wit and eye, and anatomized by the often warring theories of scientists, historians, and environmentalists. New York emerges as a case study in civilization on the brink of environmental overreach."--Book jacket front cover flap.".
catalog contributor b12099991.
catalog coverage "New York (State) Urban ecolgy (Biology)".
catalog coverage "New York (State) Urban ecology (Biology)".
catalog created "c2001.".
catalog date "2001".
catalog date "c2001.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
catalog description ""Deer in Manhattan, coyotes in the Bronx, wild turkeys flying down Broadway: among the traffic and tall buildings of America's most urban terrain, another city - suppressed and segregated during daylight, exceedingly lively from twilight to dawn - has begun to stake a new claim. Wild Nights is a startling tour of this other New York, revealing how stubbornly nature reasserts itself, adapting its survival strategies to even the most violently resculpted terrain. In this first predominantly urban period in human history, confrontation and competition with the natural world are becoming everyday occurrences. Some encounters charm us; some we dread; some we badly misunderstand. Anne Matthews explores them, examining the implications of this unexpected and powerful resurgence of nature for the fate of a world of megacities and suburban hypersprawl. Animated by her keen wit and eye, and anatomized by the often warring theories of scientists, historians, and environmentalists. New York emerges as a case study in civilization on the brink of environmental overreach."--Book jacket front cover flap.".
catalog description "1. Sky and Water. Wall Street Losses. The Falcon's Map. Unleashed -- 2. Leaf and Stone. The Shores of Brooklyn. Deep Time in the Bronx -- 3. Day and Night. The Old Neighborhood. The City of River Light. Rising Tide.".
catalog extent "207 p. :".
catalog identifier "0865475601 (hc. : alk. paper)".
catalog identifier "0865476411 (pbk.)".
catalog identifier "9780865475601 (hc. : alk. paper)".
catalog identifier "9780865476417 (pbk.)".
catalog issued "2001".
catalog issued "c2001.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : North Point Press,".
catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
catalog spatial "New York (State) Urban ecolgy (Biology)".
catalog spatial "New York (State) Urban ecology (Biology)".
catalog subject "577.5/6/097471 21".
catalog subject "Animals New York (State) New York.".
catalog subject "Ecology New York (State) New York.".
catalog subject "QH105.N7 M38 2001".
catalog subject "Urban animals New York (State) New York.".
catalog subject "Urban ecology (Biology) New York (State) New York.".
catalog tableOfContents "1. Sky and Water. Wall Street Losses. The Falcon's Map. Unleashed -- 2. Leaf and Stone. The Shores of Brooklyn. Deep Time in the Bronx -- 3. Day and Night. The Old Neighborhood. The City of River Light. Rising Tide.".
catalog title "Wild nights : nature returns to the city / Anne Matthews.".
catalog type "text".