Titlebook: Mediterranean Type Ecosystems; Origin and Structure Francesco Castri,Harold A. Mooney Book 1973 Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1973 Ec

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Distribution and Peculiarity of Mediterranean Ecosystems. Winter rainfall, because of lower evaporation, is more effective in sustaining plant growth than is warm season precipitation; nonetheless, in this climatic region all but favorably located phreatophytic vegetation is subject to drought stress in summer.

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The Physiography of the Mediterranean Lands with Special Emphasis on California and Chilethrough about 10° of latitude being bounded on their equatorward margins by drylands, on their polar margins by cool humid areas and on the east by humid or subhumid lands with greater seasonal temperature contrasts (Fig. 1). In the real world, because of different coastal configurations and other f