Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXV

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Landscape Disturbance in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems: An Overview

      • P. W. Rundel

      Pages 3-22

   3. From Biodiversity to Ecodiversity — Holistic Conservation of the Biological and Cultural Diversity of Mediterranean Landscapes

      • Z. Naveh

      Pages 23-53

   4. Ecological Indicators of Landscape Degradation

      • R. H. Groves

      Pages 55-62

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

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.

• Conservation
• Mittelmeertyp-Ökosystem
• Naturschutz
• Umweltzerstörung
• biodiversity
• conservation of nature
• ecology
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• landscape ecology
• mediterranean-type ecosystem
• physiology
• vegetation
• Ökösystem
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• 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

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