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The mediterranean-climate regions of the world have distinctive climates and vegetation structural characteristics. The climate is defined by cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. The vegetation is defined by the predominance of hard-leaved, evergreen shrubs. These definitions are in terms of typical and mean conditions. Deviations from the mean climatic conditions occur because of day to day variations, because of different exposures of the land surface, and because of the influence of the vegetation canopy on processes of energy exchange and microclimate. These deviations can be critical to the germination of seeds and survival of seedling.
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Miller, P.C. (1981). Plant and Stand Environment. In: Margaris, N.S., Mooney, H.A. (eds) Components of productivity of Mediterranean-climate regions Basic and applied aspects. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8683-1_32
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