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The eastern and western extremities of the Mediterranean Basin are separated by 3,700 kilometres, comparable to the distance that separates the east and west coast of the United States, yet the region has a remarkable unity. Commonalities of climate, physiography, phytogeography, history, social conditions and economic forces far outweigh the differences. Much that has been written on the region has broad application and is relevant to the forests and forest lands of the Maghreb and neighbouring Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (modern Libya) (see Mikesell, 1961; Thirgood, 1981).
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Thirgood, J.V. (1984). The Demise of Barbary Macaque Habitat — Past and Present Forest Cover of the Maghreb. In: Fa, J.E. (eds) The Barbary Macaque. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2785-1_2
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