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Mediterranean Ecogeography (Paperback)
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Mediterranean Ecogeography (Paperback)
Series: Ecogeography Series
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A core textbook series that aims to provide students with
accessible, up-to-date accounts of Ecogeography - the marriage of
ecology with geography - in the primary terrestrial and marine
environments. This is the first book in the series on Mediterranean
Ecogeography. Biological diversity in the Mediterranean Basin is
amongst the highest of any region on earth, both in terms of total
species numbers and endemism. The flora is estimated at about
25,000 species of flowering plants and ferns, compared with about
6000 species in non-Mediterranean Europe. About 50% of these are
endemic. Diversity amongst vertebrate animals is also high, though
endemism rates are lower than for plants. The high levels of
diversity contribute to, and are a reflection of, the considerable
variability of landscape. This results from a combination of
factors including geological and tectonic history, relief and
physiography, climate, geomorphological processes, hydrology,
soils, the incidence of fires and impact of human activities. The
landscapes of the Mediterranean Basin are thus varied and
fragmented; a mosaic of ecosystems and communities. Mediterranean
Ecogeography aims to examine and explain this heterogeneity, and
the approach is focused on the ecogeography of the region.
Analysing the factors which account for the present distributions
of plants and animals, and the functioning of ecosystems within the
Mediterranean Basin can help in the understanding of the
relationship between people and natural ecosystems. A key to the
conservation of these ecosystems is the wise use of resources,
biological and physical. In addition, it is vital to assess how the
natural environments of the region will respond to further change.
In the last twenty years, understanding of the functioning of
mediterranean-type ecosystems has advanced through several
international projects. This book draws upon the findings of these,
and other research in the Mediterranean Basin, to present a
comprehensive text on a key region of the world, and the problems
and prospects of its environmental exploitation.
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