Vegetation response to possible scenarios of rainfall variations along a Mediterranean-extreme arid climatic transect

Pua Kutiel; Haim Kutiel; Hanoch Lavee

doi:10.1006/jare.1999.0602

Vegetation response to possible scenarios of rainfall variations along a Mediterranean-extreme arid climatic transect

Pua Kutiel
, Haim Kutiel
, Hanoch Lavee

Department of Environment, Planning and Sustainability

University of Haifa

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Abstract

The vegetation response to variation in rainfall totals along a climatic transect extending from a Mediterranean region to an extreme arid region was studied. A curvilinear relationship was suggested between annual rainfall, species richness, species diversity and dominance. The maximum number of species was calculated to be in the range of 900-950 mm, the maximum diversity between 750 and 800 mm, and the minimum dominance in the range of 600-700 mm. Annual species decrease logarithmically from the extreme desert to the Mediterranean region with a parallel increase of perennial herbaceous and woody plants. Wet and dry scenarios are considered as a framework to evaluate future vegetation responses to possible climate change. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-290
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Arid Environments
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.1999.0602
State	Published - 2000

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to thank Professor P.A. Kay from the Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada, for reading the manuscript and his valuable comments. Thanks are due to Mrs Z. Gilboa from the Israel Meteorological Service for providing us with the maximum and minimum rainfall data. This research was supported by a grant from the Israel Ministry of Science and from GSF — Forschungszentrum fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH, Neuherberg (DISUM-29).

Funding

We would like to thank Professor P.A. Kay from the Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada, for reading the manuscript and his valuable comments. Thanks are due to Mrs Z. Gilboa from the Israel Meteorological Service for providing us with the maximum and minimum rainfall data. This research was supported by a grant from the Israel Ministry of Science and from GSF — Forschungszentrum fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH, Neuherberg (DISUM-29).

Funders	Funder number
Forschungszentrum fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH	DISUM-29
Growing Spine Foundation
Ministry of science and technology, Israel

UN SDGs

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SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Life-forms
Mediterranean-extreme-arid rainfall transect
Rainfall regime
Species diversity
Species richness
Vegetation cover

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Vegetation response to possible scenarios of rainfall variations along a Mediterranean-extreme arid climatic transect

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