β Scribed by P. C. Catling, Ph. Daget, B. J. Fox, P. Greenslade, J. D. Majer, G. Orshan (auth.), R. L. Specht (eds.)
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Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Climate, vegetation, vertebrates and soil/litter invertebrates of mediterranean-type ecosystems β data-banks....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Natural vegetation β ecomorphological characters....Pages 13-61
Foliar analyses....Pages 63-80
Species richness....Pages 81-91
Climate....Pages 93-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Mediterranean bioclimate and its variation in the palaearctic region....Pages 139-148
Climatic control of ecomorphological characters and species richness in mediterranean ecosystems of Australia....Pages 149-155
Leaf structure and nutrition in mediterranean-climate sclerophylls....Pages 157-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Vertebrates....Pages 171-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Soil and litter invertebrates....Pages 197-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-248
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