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Beeby & Brennan: First Ecology - Ecological Principles and Environmental Issues 3e

7. Ecology of the mediterranean-type ecosystems

Basic features of mediterranean-type communities

Case study 7a - The extent to which a community is defined by its plant community or its species interactions.

  1. Section 5.1 - the five main regions of mediterranean-type climates

  2. Section 8.1 - modern Mediterranean basin landscapes

  3. Case study 5 - using ants as indicators of the floral communities in the Cape floristic province

  4. Box 5.4 - Raunkiaer's classifications of mediterranean plant communities and the effect of fire in California and South Africa


Human impact on the mediterranean ecosystems

Case study 7b - The scale of human impact in each of the five mediterranean-type regions

  1. Box 5.1 - ecological change and early human evolution in the Mediterranean basin

  2. Box 5.2 - human impact on the Mediterranean Basin through recorded history

  3. Box 5.6 - current status of coastal ecosystems on the north and southern halves of the Mediterranean Basin

  4. Box 8.1 - fragmented coastal sagebrush communities in San Diego

  5. Section 5.4 - tourism and industrial impact on the Mediterranean basin and Southern California

  6. Section 8.3 - effects of global climate change on mediterranean-type communities

  7. Case study 5 - measuring the effects of global climate change on the Cape floristic province


Case study 7c - The scale of human impact on the Mediterranean Sea

  1. Section 7.2 - eutrophication in the Mediterranean Sea and especially the Adriatic

  2. Box 7.3 - eutrophication in the Venice Lagoon

  3. Box 4.6 - the problem and the possible solution for an invasive algae

  4. Box 7.4 - the scale and impact of oil spills in the Mediterranean