Mediterranean Ecogeography
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, comp…
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- Full title :Mediterranean Ecogeography
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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 a
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
Notes
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9.1 Conservation- the value of biodiversity in the Mediterranean context.
The Physical Object
- Description:Online-Ressource (286 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780582404526, 0582404525
- oclc:on1031484804
- LC Classification:D973 .A42 2014
- Dewey Decimal:508.3182/2
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Series preface; Author''s preface and acknowledgements; Publisher''s acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Mediterranean: an introduction; 1.1 What do we mean by ''Mediterranean''?; Box 1.1 Regions of the world with mediterranean-type climates; 1.2 Historical overview; 1.3 Literature of the Mediterranean world; 1.4 Structure of this volume; 1.5 Further reading; Chapter 2 Climate; 2.1 General characteristics; 2.2 Winter rain, summer drought and wind.
2.3 General circulation -- the Mediterranean region2.4 Secondary influences on climate; 2.5 Extreme weather conditions and short-term climate variability; 2.6 Establishment of a mediterranean-type climate in the Mediterranean Basin; 2.7 Late glacial and Holocene climate changes; 2.8 Future climates; 2.9 Climate and life; Box 2.1 Bioclimates; 2.10 Further reading; Chapter 3 Topography and drainage; 3.1 Geological evolution; 3.2 Structural framework of the Mediterranean region; 3.3 Topography and geology; 3.4 Drainage development and landscape change; 3.5 Hydrology.
3.6 Glaciation in the Mediterranean region3.7 Coastline changes…
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