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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
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050	0	0	_aQH353 _b.B54 1991
082	0	0	_a574.909/822 _220
245	0	0	_aBiogeography of Mediterranean invasions / _cedited by R.H. Groves and F. di Castri.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1991.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 485 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThe Mediterranean Basin, California, Chile, the western Cape of South Africa and southern Australia share a Mediterranean climate characterized by cool wet winters and hot dry summers. These five regions have differing patterns of human settlement but similarities in natural vegetation and some faunal assemblages. The similarities are being enhanced by an increasing level of biotic exchange between the regions as time passes since European settlement in each region. This unique documentation of the introduced floras and faunas in these five regions of Mediterranean climate both increases our understanding of the ecology of biological invasions, and points the way to more effective management of the biota of these regions. This book is an initiative of a subcommittee of SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) which realized that the integrity of many natural ecosystems was being threatened by the ingress of invasive species.
650		0	_aBiological invasions.
650		0	_aBiogeography.
650		0	_aMediterranean-type ecosystems.
700	1		_aGroves, R. H., _eeditor.
700	1		_aDi Castri, Francesco, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521360401
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511525544
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