Environment and Ecology in the Mediterranean Region II
About this ebook
This book includes 32 chapters dealing with the different aspects cited above. It discusses transhumance activities; social changes in new life environments; dendrohistorical studies; recreation and tourism based on natural resources; physical and social geographical studies on the riparian borders; threats and environmental interactions in mountain forest ecosystems; the evolution of the traditional agricultural landscapes; the landscapes of Sierra Nevada; cork oak forests and climate change; the causes of flooding; water scarcity and adaptation in agriculture; nutrient pollution in rivers; ethnobotanical studies; and phenological observations of young beech stands.
The topics discussed in this book will attract the attention of students and researchers from different disciplines, and will prove fruitful for all scholars working under the umbrella of environment and ecology studies.
About the author
Dr Münir Ozturk holds a DSc in Plant Ecology from Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, and has worked at Munich Technical University, Germany, Tohoku University, Japan, and the University of Chapel Hill, USA. He is the Founding Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies at Ege University. He has published and edited over 30 books, and has acted as guest editor for journals such as The Malaysian Forester, Springer Environmental Geology, and Journal of Environmental Biology. He is the author of over 400 papers on ecological studies of both medicinal and general plants and on biomonitoring in different habitats. Dr Ozturk has worked as a Consultant Fellow at the Faculty of Forestry, University Putra Malaysia, and is currently working as “Distinguished Visiting Scientist” at the ICCBS, Karachi University, Pakistan.
