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The Human Role in Changing Landscapes in Central Chile: Implications for Intercontinental Comparisons

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Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California, and Australia

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 108))

Abstract

During the early 1970s (e.g., Mooney 1977) much effort was made to compare the Chilean matorral and Californian chaparral, two types of vegetation in similar mediterranean climates, but with the dominant woody species having different evolutionary histories. The underlying hypothesis was that if similar climates significantly affect ecosystem structure, then the matorral and chaparral should be more similar to each other than to the corresponding nearby ecosystems under different climatic constraints. The hypothesis did not specify identity under similar climatic conditions, but only relative similarity.

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  1. Eduardo R. Fuentes
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  1. Department of Biology Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile

    Mary T. Kalin Arroyo

  2. Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182-0057, USA

    Paul H. Zedler

  3. School of Geography, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2033, Australia

    Marilyn D. Fox

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Fuentes, E.R., Muñoz, M.R. (1995). The Human Role in Changing Landscapes in Central Chile: Implications for Intercontinental Comparisons. In: Arroyo, M.T.K., Zedler, P.H., Fox, M.D. (eds) Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California, and Australia. Ecological Studies, vol 108. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2490-7_17

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