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Mineral Nutrient and Nonstructural Carbon Pools in Shrubs from Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems of California and Chile

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Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 43))

Abstract

Mediterranean-type ecosystems are frequently used as examples of convergent evolution, based on similarities in climate, geography, physiognomy and community structure (e.g. Cody and Mooney 1978). In Californian and Chilean examples, most interpretations of controls on primary production and plant growth form have emphasized the interaction between temperature, water availability and photosynthesis through the year (Specht 1969a,b; Mooney et al. 1970; Mooney and Dunn 1970; Miller and Mooney 1974; Parsons 1976). In South Africa and Australia, however, low soil nutrient availability is of considerable importance in determining the structure and distribution of mediterranean-type vegetation (Specht 1963; Cody and Mooney 1978). Relatively little is known of the mechanisms whereby plants of the Californian chaparral and Chilean matorral have adapted to nutritional factors in their environment, or of the interactions between carbon and nutrient use in any mediterranean-type vegetation. Similarity in the patterns of nutrient and mobile carbon accumulation would constitute additional evidence of convergence in vegetation and ecosystem function.

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  1. Department of Environment Affairs and Fisheries, South African Forestry Research Institute, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

    Frederick J. Kruger

  2. Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Derek T. Mitchell

  3. Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Jennifer U. M. Jarvis

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Shaver, G.R. (1983). Mineral Nutrient and Nonstructural Carbon Pools in Shrubs from Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems of California and Chile. In: Kruger, F.J., Mitchell, D.T., Jarvis, J.U.M. (eds) Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68935-2_16

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