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Evergreen Mediterranean Forests. Carbon and Water Fluxes, Balances, Ecological and Ecophysiological Determinants

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Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests

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The area covered by Mediterranean sclerophyllous forests and woodlands has been reported to amount to 8.5 Gha, with biomass of 50 Gt and a total productivity of 6 Gt (Whittaker and Likens 1975). Mediterranean-type ecosystems occur in five different regions of the world, all between a latitude of 30° and 40°. In the Northern Hemisphere they occur around the Mediterranean Sea and the coastline of California (USA), while in the Southern Hemisphere they occur in the Cape region of South Africa, the southwestern part of Australia, and the Chilean coastline (Mooney et al. 1974; Miller 1981a; Hobbs et al. 1995).

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Tirone, G., Dore, S., Matteucci, G., Greco, S., Valentini, R. (2003). Evergreen Mediterranean Forests. Carbon and Water Fluxes, Balances, Ecological and Ecophysiological Determinants. In: Valentini, R. (eds) Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 163. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05171-9_7

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