Environment and ecology in the Mediterranean region / edited by Recep Efe, Munir Ozturk and Shahina Ghazanfar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Öztürk, Münir A. (Münir Ahmet)

Efe, Recep.

Ghazanfar, Shahina A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Mediterranean Region.

Ecology.

Mediterranean Region--Environmental conditions.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Mediterranean Basin with its mountainous shores, high biodiversity and spectacular scenery is located at the intersection of Africa and Eurasia. Through the 8000 years of human development in this area, there have been tremendous changes in its history and biogeography. Approximately 300 million people live here today. Although the evergreen maquis, vineyards, olive plantations and natural woodlands cover the lands all over the basin, it is facing severe destruction of habitats due to def...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY SIX; CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN; CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT; CHAPTER TWENTY NINE; CHAPTER THIRTY; CHAPTER THIRTY ONE; CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

CHAPTER THIRTY THREECHAPTER THIRTY FOUR; CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE; CHAPTER THIRTY SIX; CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN; CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-280-48637-6

9786613581358

1-4438-3803-9

OCLC:

823720713