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Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

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Editors:
  1. Philip W. Rundel

    1. Department of Biology, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Gloria Montenegro

    1. Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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  3. Fabian M. Jaksic

    1. Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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  • The first book that examines the impact of human landscape disturbance on biodiversity within mediterranean-climate ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 136)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXV
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  3. Land Use Conflicts in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Land Use Conflicts in the Western Cape Region of South Africa

      • G. Davis, R. Wynberg
      Pages 65-79

    3. Impacts of Land Use on Biodiversity in Southwestern Australia

      • R. J. Hobbs
      Pages 81-106

    4. Land Use Conflicts in California

      • H. S. Walter
      Pages 107-126

    5. Abandoned Lands and Land Use Conflicts in Southern France

      • M. Etienne, J. Aronson, E. Le Floc’h
      Pages 127-140

    6. Land Use Changes and Conflicts in the Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems of Western Crete

      • V. P. Papanastasis, A. Kazaklis
      Pages 141-154

    7. Land Use Changes and Conflicts in Central Chile

      • J. Aronson, A. Del Pozo, C. Ovalle, J. Avendaño, A. Lavin, M. Etienne
      Pages 155-168

  4. Landscape Disturbance and Plant Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. Local Endemism and Plant Conservation in the Cape Floristic Region

      • R. M. Cowling, D. J. McDonald
      Pages 171-188

    3. Managing Biodiversity on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa: A Hotspot Under Pressure

      • D. M. Richardson, C. Gelderblom, B. W. van Wilgen, T. H. Trinder-Smith
      Pages 189-204

    4. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology of Coastal Transition Zones from Mediterranean to Desert Ecosystems: An Intercontinental Comparison

      • K. J. Esler, P. W. Rundel, R. M. Cowling
      Pages 205-230

    5. Distribution and Ecology of Geophytes in Chile. Conservation Threats to Geophytes in Mediterranean-Type Regions

      • A. J. Hoffmann, F. Liberona, A. E. Hoffmann
      Pages 231-253

  5. Demography and Ecophysiology of Succession

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. Coupling Demography, Physiology and Evolution in Chaparral Shrubs

      • J. E. Keeley
      Pages 257-264

    3. Physiological Ecology of Mediterranean Seeds: Links with Ex Situ Conservation of Plants

      • C. Vázquez-Yanes, A. Orozco-Segovia
      Pages 265-272
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA

    Philip W. Rundel

  • Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Gloria Montenegro, Fabian M. Jaksic

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

  • Editors: Philip W. Rundel, Gloria Montenegro, Fabian M. Jaksic

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03543-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64475-0Published: 20 October 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08416-4Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03543-6Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 451

  • Number of Illustrations: 107 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Environmental Economics

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