Recent dynamics of the Mediterranean vegetation and landscape / editors, Stefano Mazzoleni ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazzoleni, Stefano.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vegetation dynamics--Mediterranean Region.

Vegetation dynamics.

Landscape changes--Mediterranean Region.

Landscape changes.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2004]

Contents:

Part I Overview of the Mediterranean Basin 1

1 Large-scale Post-glacial Distribution of Vegetation Structures in the Mediterranean Region / Pierre Quezel 3

2 Forest History in the Mediterranean Region / Gaetano Di Pasquale, Paolo Di Martino, Stefano Mazzoleni 13

Part II Southern Landscapes: General Issues 21

3 Forest Cover Changes in the Maghreb Countries with Special Reference to Morocco / Mohamed Rejdali 23

4 Long-term Observation of Mediterranean Ecosystems with Satellite Remote Sensing / Joachim Hill, Patrick Hostert, Achim Roder 33

Part III Southern Landscapes: Case Studies 45

5 Landscape Dynamics in a Semi-arid Mediterranean Catchment (SE Spain) / Andreu Bonet, Juan Bellot, Juan Pena 47

6 Recent Landscape Evolution in Dehesa Woodlands of Western Spain / P. Regato-Pajares, S. Jimenez-Caballero, M. Castejon, R. Elena Rossello 57

7 Landscape Dynamics in South-eastern Sicily in the Last 150 Years: The Case of the Iblei Mountains / Gaetano Di Pasquale, Giuseppe Garfi, Antonello Migliozzi 73

8 Land-use Changes and Landscape Dynamics in Western Crete / Vasilios P. Papanastasis, Ioannis Ispikoudis, Margarita Arianoutsou, Petros Kakouros, Angelos Kazaklis 81

9 Man-landscape Relationships in Mediterranean Areas: A Study of Landscape Changes in the Mount Carmel / Maxim Shoshany, Naftaly Goldshlager, Pua Kutiel, Daniel Grossman 95

Part IV Northern Landscapes: General Issues 105

10 The Impact of Changes in Land Use on Ecological Patterns in Provence (Mediterranean France) / Thierry Tatoni, Frederic Medail, Philippe Roche, Marcel Barbero 107

11 Vegetation Dynamics and Land Use in Epirus / Sander Van Der Leeuw 121

Part V Northern Landscapes: Case Studies 143

12 Recent Changes of Coastal and Sub-mountain Vegetation Landscape in Campania and Molise Regions in Southern Italy / Stefano Mazzoleni, Paolo Di Martino, Sandro Strumia, Maurizio Buonanno, Maria Bellelli 145

13 Consequences of Rural Abandonment in a Northern Apennines Landscape (Tuscany, Italy) / Giuliana Torta 157

14 Changes in the Forested Agricultural Landscape of the Pisan Hills (Tuscany, Italy) / Andrea Bertacchi, Antonino Onnis 167

15 Historical Vegetation Dynamics: Archive and Pollen Evidence for Ancient Grassland and Plantation in Nineteenth-century Liguria (NW Italy) / Diego Moreno, Carlo Montanari, Maria Angela Guido, Giuseppina Poggi 179

16 Rural Changes and Landscape in Serra da Malcata, Central East of Portugal / J. Luis Coelho-Silva, Francisco Castro rego, Sofia Castelbranco Silveira, C. Paula Cardoso GonClaves, Carlos Alberto Machado 189

17 Landscape Dynamics in the Area of Serra Da Arrabida and the Sado River Estuary / Paulo Godinho Ferreira, Mario Almeida, Alexandra Fernandes, Paola Codipietro, Francisco Castro Rego 201

18 Changes in Landscape Structure of the Natural Park of Alvao (Portugal) / Isabel Timoteo, Joao Bento, Francisco Castro Rego, Adelaide Fernandes 211

Part VI Edge of the Mediterranean Area 217

19 Land Abandonment and the Spreading of the Forest in the Eastern French Pyrenees in the Nineteenth to Twentieth Centuries / Jean Paul Metailie, Martin Paegelow 219

20 The Natural Dynamics of Abandoned Chestnut Stands in Southern Switzerland / Marco Conedera, Pietro Stanga, Bernhard Oester, Peter Bachmann 237

21 Forest Cover Progression, Land-use and Socio-economic Changes on the Edge of the Mediterranean / Lidija Globevnik, Mitja Kaligaric, Andrej Sovinc 249

22 Climate Change, Land-use Change and the "Desertification" of Mediterranean Europe / Mark Mulligan, Sophia M. Burke, M. Concepcion Ramos 259

23 Conclusion: Reversing the Consensus on Mediterranean Desertification / Stefano Mazzoleni, Gaetano Di Pasquale, Mark Mulligan 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-300) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0470093692

OCLC:

54542847