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Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
Peter R. Dallman
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California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin
出版University of California Press, 1998
主題Nature / GeneralNature / Plants / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / Botany
ISBN05202080999780520208094
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dks58xh2VRQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book provides a wonderful overview of the landscapes, vegetation types, and plants of the five regions of the world that have a Mediterranean climate. This climate of mild, rainy winters and dry, warm summers is found in California, Central Chile, the Cape Region of South Africa, the southwestern part of Australia and the Mediterranean Basin. The regions are widely separated and the flora of each is distinctive, having for the most part developed independently. Nevertheless, the plants share remarkably similar characteristics which allow them to thrive in these unusual conditions.

Peter Dallman's non-technical prose is complemented by numerous maps, tables, and figures, and the book is richly illustrated with photographs of landscapes, plants, and flowers. With its detailed information on some of the world's most resilient plant life, this book will serve as an excellent reference for everyone interested in growing drought-resistant plants and as a naturalist's guide to these beautiful and unusual bioregions.

For the growing number of travelers whose vacations focus on learning about and appreciating natural history, Dallman also includes a chapter on planning trips to the five Mediterranean regions.