Thermo-Mediterranean scrub

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• Altitude zones (terrestrial and marine) (no records)
• Marine depth zones, more detailed than altitude zones (no records)
• Climate zones Habitat type other information (1 records)

  Name

  Description

  Thermo-Mediterranean

  Of, relating to or living in the altitudinal belt occupying the warmest regions of the peninsulas, archipelagos and southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The mean January temperatures are of the order of 9 � C to 12 � C, the mean July temperatures are of the order of 25 � C to 28 � C, the potential evapotranspiration of the order of 1300 mm or more. The natural climactic vegetation, almost everywhere destroyed, is the olive-carob forest with [Olea sylvestris], [Pistacia lentiscus], [Ceratonia siliqua], [Myrtus communis] as characteristic plants.

  
  
• Geomorphology types (no records)
• Substrate types (no records)
• Dominant life formsHabitat type other information (2 records)

  Name	Description
  Shrubs	Woody perennial plants, smaller than trees, with several major branches arising from near the base of the main stem
  Sclerophyllous shrubs	Shrubs with leaves which are evergreen, hard, thick, leathery and usually small

  
  
• Percentage cover by vegetation (no records)
• Characteristics of wetness/drynessHabitat type other information (1 records)

  Name	Description
  Dry	Conditions of low water supply, but not extremely dry (xeric) or arid

  
  
• Characteristics of water flow, source and quality (no records)
• Salinity values, for marine habitats only (no records)
• Exposure types (no records)
• Acidity, salinity, trophic status (no records)
• Characterising temperature (no records)
• Light intensity (no records)
• Spatial parameters of size and shape (no records)
• Temporal parameters (no records)
• Human activities and impacts (no records)
• Levels of habitat usage (no records)