Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
Title | Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates PDF eBook |
Author | Peter R. Dallman |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780520208094 |
Here is a wonderful overview of the landscape and vegetation of the five regions of the world that have a Mediterranean climate. In addition to the Mediterranean Basin itself, this climate of mild, rainy winters and dry, warm summers is found in California and parts of Chile, South Africa, and Australia. 30 maps. 18 tables. 46 line illustrations. 75 color and 90 b&w photos.
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
Title | Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates PDF eBook |
Author | Peter R. Dallman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Mediterranean-type ecosystems |
ISBN | 9780198504641 |
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates provides an illustrated overview of the landscapes, vegetation types, and plants of the five regions of the world that have a Mediterranean climate. This climate of mild, rainy winters and dry, warm summers is found only in California, Central Chile, the Cape Region of South Africa, the southwestern part of Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin, an area that covers less than two percent of the world's land mass. The regions are widely separated and the flora of each is distinctive, having for the most part developed independently. Nevertheless, the plants share remarkably similar characteristics that allow them to thrive in these unusual conditions.
Flora of the Mediterranean
Title | Flora of the Mediterranean PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Gardner |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2020-03-06 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1472982681 |
The Mediterranean – a land of blues skies, warm sunshine, rugged mountains and azure seas. Yet this familiar image conceals another Mediterranean – a secret landscape populated by a dazzling variety of wild flowers and plants, from spectacular orchids and ancient olive trees to delicate snowdrops and hardy cacti. Following on from their widely acclaimed Flora of the Silk Road, Chris and Basak Gardner present a stunning selection of 600 of the finest wild flowers that grow in the Mediterranean regions of the world. Travelling across five continents – Europe, North America, Africa, South America and Australia – the authors reveal the rich botanical profusion that makes up the flora of the Mediterranean regions of the world. For each region, a succession of the most outstanding flowers is featured, from the spectacular and exotic to the beautiful yet familiar, with each plant presented in its natural habitat. Beginning with the countries of the Mediterranean Basin, the reader is taken along the rugged Atlas Mountains, through Andalucía and Italy, to arrive at the amazing botanical richness of Greece, southern Anatolia and Jordan. In California and Chile the journey is through flowering deserts, snow-capped peaks and towering forests of redwood and monkey puzzle trees, beside a coast lapped by the Pacific Ocean. The ancient landscapes of Southern Australia provide a truly remarkable assemblage of astonishing flora, whilst the Western Cape of South Africa is home to an unimaginable diversity of flora. The accompanying text provides descriptions of the species, plant families and their distribution, as well as offering guidance to those wishing to photograph plants in the wild. With 600 stunning colour photographs, and presenting a breadth of flora never before brought together in a single volume, the authors offer a unique window on the floral wonders of the Mediterranean world.
Plant-animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems
Title | Plant-animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems PDF eBook |
Author | Margarita Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401109087 |
The Sixth International Conference on Mediterranean Climate ecosystems was held at Maleme (Crete), Greece, from September 23 to September 27, 1991. This conference had as its theme 'Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems'. Most of the papers presented to that meeting have already been published (see Thanos, C.A. ed., 1992, Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems, Athens, 389 pp.). These 57 papers were all necessarily short. But the theme of plant-animal interactions was considered by the Organizing Committee to be so important to a fundamental understanding of the ecology of Mediterranean-climate ecosystems and to an enhanced management ·of those systems that various international research scientists were invited to prepare longer contributions on major aspects of the overall theme. The Book that follows represents the result of those invitations. All five regions of Mediterranean climate are represented - Chile, California, southern Australia and the Cape Province of South Africa, as well as the Mediterranean Basin itself.
Convergent Evolution in Chile and California
Title | Convergent Evolution in Chile and California PDF eBook |
Author | Harold A. Mooney |
Publisher | |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
The Climate of the Mediterranean Region
Title | The Climate of the Mediterranean Region PDF eBook |
Author | P. Lionello |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 593 |
Release | 2012-04-19 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0124160425 |
The Mediterranean region contains a diverse and interesting climate ranging from areas with permanent glaciers to areas of subtropical, semiarid regions. The region is potentially sensitive to climate change and its progress has environmental, social, and economic implications within and beyond the region. Produced by the Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability Research Networking Project, this book reviews the evolution of the Mediterranean climate over the past two millennia with projections further into the twenty-first century as well as examining in detail various aspects of the Mediterranean region's climate including evolution, atmospheric variables, and oceanic and land elements. Integrated with this, the book also considers the social and economic problems or vulnerabilities associated with the region. Written and reviewed by multiple researchers to ensure a high level of information presented clearly, Mediterranean Climate Variables will be an invaluable source of information for geologists, oceanographers, and anyone interested in learning more about the Mediterranean climate. Written by leading experts in the field Presents clear, compelling, and concise evidence Includes the latest thinking in Mediterranean climate research
Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean
Title | Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean PDF eBook |
Author | John D. Thompson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2005-02-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0198515332 |
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