Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)

Human impact on natural landscapes through urbanization and agricultural expansion are becoming more and more dramatic and are the cause of serious environmental problems. This volume examines the effect of landscape disturbance on plant and animal diversity in the five mediterranean-climate regions of the world. It begins with three introductory chapters broadly reviewing the issues of landscape degradation. Further contributions describe regional land use conflicts in each of the five regions. Landscape disturbance and plant diversity, and landscape disturbance and animal diversity are treated in separate chapters. Four contributions deal with demography and ecophysiology in vegetation succession following disturbance. The volume closes with a consideration of the future addressing aspects of environmental politics.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Ecological Studies, 136
Release date:	2001
First published:	1998
Editors:	Philip W. Rundel • Gloria Montenegro • Fabian M. Jaksic
Dimensions:	233 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	451
Edition:	1998 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-64475-0
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	3-540-64475-X
Barcode:	9783540644750

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