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This chapter describes the major shrub communities and their environments in the mediterranean type ecosystems of southern California and central Chile. It presents information on the response of major species within each community to environmental gradients and compares the communities of each country in terms of growth forms.
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Steward, D., Webber, P.J. (1981). The Plant Communities and Their Environments. In: Miller, P.C. (eds) Resource Use by Chaparral and Matorral. Ecological Studies, vol 39. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5896-4_3
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