Abstract
One of the characteristic types of mediterranean ecosystems is phrygana, occurring not only around the Mediterranean Basin, but in all other regions of the Earth with a mediterranean-type climate (synonyms of phrygana: batha — Israel, tomillares — Spain, renosterbos — S. Africa, gariga — Italy, coastal sage — California). Particularly in Greece, this ecosystem type occupies approximately 13% of the surface of the country (Diamantopoulos, 1983). According to Aschmann’s definition of a mediterranean climate (1973), these open and low shrub communities occur at the dry end of the precipitation gradient, whereas, at the wet end, dense, evergreen sclerophyll communities (maquis) develop. The dominant life-form in phrygana is that of therophytes (>40%), but their physiognomy is determined by woody plants, adapted to cope with the summer drought of the mediterranean climate through the mechanism of seasonal dimorphism (Margaris, 1981).
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Vokou, D. (1992). The allelopathic potential of aromatic shrubs in phryganic (east Mediterranean) ecosystems. In: Rizvi, S.J.H., Rizvi, V. (eds) Allelopathy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2376-1_18
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