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Landscape Disturbance in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems: An Overview

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Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

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Abstract

Five regions of the world — the Mediterranean Basin, California, central Chile, the Cape Region of South Africa, and Western and South Australia (Fig. 1.1) — share a unique climatic regime with their characteristic conditions of mild wet winters and warm dry summers. This mediterraneantype climatic regime typically has 90% or more of annual precipitation falling in the six cool season months, mild winter conditions with infrequent and relatively mild frosts, and frequent periods of extended summer drought.

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Rundel, P.W. (1998). Landscape Disturbance in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems: An Overview. In: Rundel, P.W., Montenegro, G., Jaksic, F.M. (eds) Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 136. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03543-6_1

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