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Monitoring Ecosystem Response to Global Change: High Spatial Resolution Digital Imagery

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Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 117))

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Anthropogenically induced changes in the chemistry of the Earth’s atmosphere and the hypothesized concomitant climatic shifts are distinguished from previous changes by the scale and pace with which they are expected to occur (Simon Silver and De Vries, 1990). A changing global environment is important for Mediterranean-type ecosystems because they generally occur in densely populated regions and often grade into arid zones which may be prone to expansion under hypothesized climatic shifts (Hope and Stow, 1993). Although the most direct effect of environmental change on ecosystems tends to be a physiological response of the organisms, the altered competitive interactions may be an important indirect effect leading to readjustments in the distributional limits of vegetation species (Ford, 1982). Other significant consequences of global change in Mediterranean-type ecosystems may include decreased species diversity and increased fire frequency or pest infestations.

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  1. Departamento de EcologĂ­a, Facultad de BiologĂ­a, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    José M. Moreno

  2. Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 92182, San Diego, CA, USA

    Walter C. Oechel

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Hope, A.S. (1995). Monitoring Ecosystem Response to Global Change: High Spatial Resolution Digital Imagery. In: Moreno, J.M., Oechel, W.C. (eds) Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 117. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4186-7_12

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