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Structure and Function of the California Chaparral — an Example from San Dimas

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Within the mediterranean climatic region of California there are diverse types of woody plant communities, which include evergreen forests and woodlands, evergreen scrubs (chaparral) in addition to a drought deciduous semi-arid scrub (coastal sage). These types cover extensive areas of California (Fig. 1). Certain ecological aspects of these communities have been discussed recently and compared with homologous types in other parts of the world (Naveh, 1967; Mooney and Dunn, 1970; Mooney et al., 1970; Specht, 1969 a,b). These studies give a general view of many aspects of the environmental relationships of these ecosystems throughout their extent.

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  1. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Francesco di Castri

  2. Section of Ecology, UNESCO, Paris, France

    Francesco di Castri

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Harold A. Mooney

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Mooney, H.A., Parsons, D.J. (1973). Structure and Function of the California Chaparral — an Example from San Dimas. In: di Castri, F., Mooney, H.A. (eds) Mediterranean Type Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65520-3_7

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