Chapter 3 Potential Effects of Rising CO(2) and Climatic Change on Mediterranean Vegetation Chapter 4 Use of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI Data for Climatic Characterization of Mediterranean Areas.
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Chapter 5 The Effect of Land Use on Soil Erosion and Land Degradation under Mediterranean Conditions.
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Chapter 6 Agro-pastoral Activities and Land Degradation in Mediterranean Areas: Case Study of Sardinia Chapter 7 Landscape Protection from Grazing and Fire.
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Chapter 8 Bioengineering Principles and Desertification Mitigation Chapter 9 Differing Responses of Greek Mediterranean Plant Communities to Climate and the Combination of Grazing and Fire.
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Contents List of Contributors Preface Chapter 1 The Evolving Context of Mediterranean Desertification Chapter 2 Extreme Climatic Events over the Mediterranean.
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Desertification is land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions from both climatic and anthropogenic causes. The Northern Mediterranean with its irregular rainfall, poor soils, abandonment of traditional agriculture and unsustainable water exploitation has been recognised as a region with increasing desertification problems.