Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

• 1. Relevance of Regional Models for Analyzing Future Climate Change in the Iberian Peninsula.- 2. Modeling Leaf Level Effects of Elevated CO2 on Mediterranean Sclerophylls.- 3. Direct Effects of Elevated CO2 in Chaparral and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems.- 4. Biomass Partitioning and Resource Allocation of Plants from Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems: Possible Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO2.- 5. Preliminary Studies of the Long-Term CO2 Response of Mediterranean Vegetation Around Natural CO2 Vents.- 6. Anticipated Effects of Elevated CO2 and Climate Change on Plants from Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems Utilizing Results of Studies in Other Ecosystems.- 7. Plant Responses to Drought Under Climate Change in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems.- 8. Functional Attributes of Angiosperm Hemiparasites and Their Hosts and Predictions of Possible Effects of Global Climate Change on Such Relationships.- 9. Effects of Global Change on Plant—Animal Synchrony: Implications for Pollination and Seed Dispersal in Mediterranean Habitats.- 10. The Coastal Sage Scrub—Chaparral Boundary and Response to Global Climatic Change.- 11. Vegetation Response to Climatic Change in a Dune Ecosystem in Southern Spain.- 12. Monitoring Ecosystem Response to Global Change: High Spatial Resolution Digital Imagery.- 13. Monitoring Ecosystem Response to Global Change: Multitemporal Remote Sensing Analyses.- 14.Microbe—Plant Interactions in Mediterranean-Type Habitats: Shifts in Fungal Symbiotic and Saprophytic Functioning in Response to Global Change.- 15. Soil Organic Matter in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems and Global Climatic Changes: A Case Study—The Soils of the Mediterranean Basin.- 16. Ecosystem Response to Elevated CO2: Nutrient Availability and Nutrient Cycling.- 17. Volatile Organics inMediterranean Shrubs and Their Potential Role in a Changing Environment.- 18. Using Catchments of Contrasting Hydrological Conditions to Explore Climate Change Effects on Water and Nutrient Flows in Mediterranean Forests.- 19. Water Balance of Mediterranean Ecosystems Under a Changing Climate.- 20. Patterns of Fire Occurrence Across a Climatic Gradient and Its Relationship to Meteorological Variables in Spain.- 21. Sensitivity of Fire Regime in Chaparral Ecosystems to Climate Change.- 22. Global Environmental Change to and the Future of Mediterranean Forest Avifauna.- 23. Monitoring Environmental Change Through Amphibian Populations.- 24. Conservation, Restoration, and Research Priorities for Mediterranean Uplands Threatened by Global Climate Change.

"...with extensive up-to-date reference lists and a very complete index, here we have an excellent book with a very high standard of contributions, a key work for the whole of Mediterranean studies and global change research." The Holocene