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Productivity of Desert and Mediterranean-Climate Plants

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Physiological Plant Ecology IV

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((920,volume 12 / D))

Abstract

Mediterranean-climate and desert ecosystems are prominent on all continents at latitudes between approximately 15° and 30° (Brown 1968; McGinnies 1969; Mooney 1977a). Mediterranean-climate systems generally occur at these latitudes on the western or southwestern edges of the continent, whereas towards the more equatorial latitudes and also to the continental interior, there is a transition of vegetation types from mediterranean-climate types to desert forms (Shreve 1936; McGinnies 1969; di Castri and Mooney 1973; Mooney 1977a).

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Botanik II der Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    O. L. Lange

  2. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    P. S. Nobel

  3. Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Box 475, Canberra City, 2601, Australia

    C. B. Osmond

  4. Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie der Technischen Universität München, Arcisstraße 21, 8000, München 2, Germany

    H. Ziegler

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Ehleringer, J., Mooney, H.A. (1983). Productivity of Desert and Mediterranean-Climate Plants. In: Lange, O.L., Nobel, P.S., Osmond, C.B., Ziegler, H. (eds) Physiological Plant Ecology IV. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 12 / D. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68156-1_8

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