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Recovery and Rehabilitation of Mediterranean Type Ecosystem: A Case Study from Turkish Maquis

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Evaluating and Monitoring the Health of Large-Scale Ecosystems

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The Mediterranean type ecosystem shows a restricted distribution as compared to other major ecosystem types of the world. Two of the typical Mediterranean ecosystems are maquis and phrygana, both being shrub formations. This vegetation type in general shows indisputable similarities in Mediterranean regions. Similarities are visible in forest formations as well as their principal stages of degradation. Studies on these ecosystems have attracted the attention of many investigators such as Akman (1982), Akman and Ketenoglu (1986), Akman et al. (1978,1979), Aschmann (1973), DiCastri and Mooney (1973), DiCastri et al. (1981), Flauhalt (1937), Kilickiran (1991), Mooney and Dunn (1970b), Mooney et al. (1970,1974b), Nahal (1981), Naveh (1971,1973,1975), Pons (1981), Specht (1969ab), Tomaselli (1974,1976), Trabaud (1981) and Zohary (1973). In these investigations, three types of studies have been followed; phyto-ecological, energy-budget ecology and an evolutionary approach. However, a complete synthesis of the results is rather difficult due to their multilingual publication as well as different approaches used in studying these heterogenous ecosystems.

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  1. Science Faculty, Centre for Environmental Studies, Ege University, 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

    Munir Ahmet Ozturk

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  1. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Blackwood Hall, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

    David J. Rapport

  2. Soil and Sediment Quality Section, Environment Canada, Hull, Quebec, K1A 0H3, Canada

    Connie L. Gaudet (Ecosystem Conservation Directorate) (Ecosystem Conservation Directorate)

  3. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, P. O. Box 601, Sheffield, S10 2UQ, UK

    Peter Calow

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Ozturk, M.A. (1995). Recovery and Rehabilitation of Mediterranean Type Ecosystem: A Case Study from Turkish Maquis. In: Rapport, D.J., Gaudet, C.L., Calow, P. (eds) Evaluating and Monitoring the Health of Large-Scale Ecosystems. NATO ASI Series, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79464-3_20

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