Description: Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems (Ecological Studies, 136) 1998th Edition 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.
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Subject: Ecology, Landscaping
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Author: G. Montenegro
Publication Name: Landscape Degradation and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Publication Year: 1998
Series: Ecological Studies
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 34.4 Oz
Number of Pages: Xxv, 451 Pages