Mediterranean Type Ecosystems Origin and Structure
No other disjunct pieces of land present such striking similarities as the widely sepa 1 rated regions with a mediterranean type of climate, that is, the territories fringing the Mediterranean Sea, California, Central Chile and the southernmost strips of
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Volume 7
Mediterranean Type Ecosystems Origin and Structure
Edited by
Francesco di Castri and Harold A. Mooney
With 88 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin . Heidelberg . N ew York 1973
ISBN -13 :978-3-642-65522-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-65520-3
e- ISBN -13: 978-3-642-65520-3
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Mediterranean Type Ecosystems Origin and Structure
Edited by
Francesco di Castri and Harold A. Mooney
With 88 Figures
Springer-Verlag New York· Heidelberg· Berlin 1973
ISBN -13 :978-3-642-65522-7 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-65520-3
e- ISBN -13: 978-3-642-65520-3
This w\lrk is subject to copyrigth. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under
S 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher.
© by Springer-Verlag Berlin' Heidelberg 1973. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-95688. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1973
'The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the rdevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Preface No other disjunct pieces of land present such striking similarities as the widely separated regions with a mediterranean1 type of climate, that is, the territories fringing the Mediterranean Sea, California, Central Chile and the southernmost strips of South Mrica and Australia. Similarities are not confined to climatic trends, but are also reflected in the physiognomy ofthe vegetation, in land use patterns and frequently in the general appearance of the landscape. The very close similarities in agricultural practices and sometimes also in rural settlements are dependent on the climatic and edaphic analogies, as well as on a certain commonality in qdtural history. This is certainly true for the Mediterranean Sea basin which in many ways represents a sort of
