Book ID: 94168
Groves, R. H. and F. Di Castri (eds.)
Biogeography of Mediterranean Invasions. 1991. (reprint 2008). XVI, 485 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The Mediterranean Basin, California, Chile, the western Cape of South Africa and southern Australia share a Mediterranean climate characterised by cool wet winters and hot dry summers. These five regions have differing patterns of human settlement but similarities in natural vegetation and some faunal assemblages. This unique documentation of the introduced floras and faunas in these five regions of mediterranean climate both increases our understanding of the ecology of biological invasions, and points the way to more effective management of the biota of these regions.