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Soil Animals in Latitudinal and Topographical Gradients of Mediterranean Ecosystems

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Mediterranean Type Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 7))

Abstract

Particularly from a structural viewpoint, the litter-soil subsystem in regions having a mediterranean climate is far less well known than the vegetation or the animal populations living in the ground surface and on plants. Almost all the data on community convergences in mediterranean climates pertain to vegetation.

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  1. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Francesco di Castri

  2. Section of Ecology, UNESCO, Paris, France

    Francesco di Castri

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Harold A. Mooney

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di Castri, F. (1973). Soil Animals in Latitudinal and Topographical Gradients of Mediterranean Ecosystems. In: di Castri, F., Mooney, H.A. (eds) Mediterranean Type Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65520-3_11

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