Mediterranean-type Ecosystems

The regions of the world which experience a mediterranean type climate, with a cool wet season alternating with a hot dry summer, contain some of the world's most attractive landscapes. In the Old World, the mediterranean landscapes became the cradle of c

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Tasks for vegetation science 19 Series Editors

HELMUT LIETH University of Osnabriick, F.R. G.

HAROLD A. MOONEY Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., U.S.A.

1 Box. E.O. Macroclimate and Plant Forms. An introduction to predictive modelling in phytogeography. ISBN 90 6193 941 0 2 Navin Sen D. & Singh Rajpurohit, K. Contributions to the Ecology of Halophytes. ISBN 90 6193 942 9 3 Ross, J. The Radiation Regime and Architecture of Plant Stands. ISBN 90 6193 607 1 4 Margis, N.S. & Mooney, H.A. (eds) Components of Productivity of Mediterranean - Climate, Regions. ISBN 90 6193 944 5 5 Muller, M.J. Selected Climatic Data for a Global Set of Standard Stations for Vegetation Science. ISBN 90 6193 945 3 6 Roth, 1. Stratification in Tropical Forests as Seen in Leaf Structure. ISBN 906193946 1 7 Steubing, L. & Jager, H.J. Monitoring of air Pollutants by Plants: Methods and Problems. ISBN 90 6193 947 X 8 Teas, H.J. Biology and Ecology of Mangroves. ISBN 90 61939488 9 Teas, H.J. Physiology and Management of Mangroves. ISBN 90 61939496 10 Feoli, E., Lagonegro, M. & Orl6ci, L. Information Analysis of Vegetation Data. ISBN 90 6193 950 X 11 Sestak, Z. (ed) Photosynthesis during Leaf Development. ISBN 90 6193 951 8 12 Medina, E., Mooney, H.A. & Vazquez-Yanes, C. (eds) Physiological Ecology of Plants of the Wet Tropics. ISBN 90 6193 952 6 13 Margaris, N.S., Arianoustou-Faraggitaki, M. & Oechel, W.C. (eds) Being Alive on Land ISBN 90 6193 953 4 14 Hall, D.O., Myers, N. & Margaris, N.S. (eds) Economics of Ecosystems Management. ISBN906193505 9 15 Estrada, A. & Fleming, T.H. (eds) Frugivores and Seed Dispersal, ISBN 90 61935431 16 Dell, B., Hopkins, A.J.M. & Lamont, B.B. (eds) Resilience in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems. ISBN 90 6193 579 2 17 Roth, 1. Stratification of a Tropical Forest as Seen in Dispersal Types. ISBN 90 6193613 6 18 Dassler, H.-G. & B6rtitz, S. Air Pollution and its Influence on Vegetation. Causes/Effects/Prophylaxis and Therapy. ISBN 90 6193 619 5 19 Specht, R.L. Mediterranean-type Ecosystems. A Data Source Book. ISBN 90 6193 6527

Mediterranean-type Ecosystems A data source book edited by

R.L. SPECHT section co-ordinators

R.L. SPECHT P.W. RUNDEL W.E. WESTMAN p. C. CATLING J.D . MAJER P. GREENSLADE

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mediterranean-type Ecosystems: A data source book 1 edited by R.L. Specht. 000 p. 000 cm. - (Tasks for vegetation science 19) Includes index 1. Ecology - Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Mediterranean climateHandbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Bioclimatology - Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Specht, R.L. (Raymond Louis), 1924-. II. Series. QH541.142.M441988 574.5'262 - dc19 ISBN-13:978-94-0 10-7893-1 001: 10.1 0071978-94-009-3099-5

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