Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
Co-Leads
Peggy L. Fiedler (peggy.fiedler@ucop.edu)
Chen Yin Noah (chenyin.noah@ucop.edu)
Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs), with their characteristic and unique climatic regimes of mild wet winters and warm and dry summers, occur in just five regions of the world: the Mediterranean Basin, the Cape Region of South Africa, Southwestern and South Australia, California, and central Chile.
The world’s five Mediterranean-climate regions are home to remarkable levels of plant diversity and endemism that has led all five regions to be designated as “biodiversity hotspots.”
MTEG will tap into our members’ collective experience in managing field station reserves and protected areas in Mediterranean-climate regions, to accomplish three major goals:
• Promote cross‐disciplinary scientific research, best practices, and information-sharing, for the effective ecosystem management of MTEs;
• Enhance education and training for future conservation professionals; and,
• Provide environmental public outreach programs relevant to Mediterranean-climate regions.
MTEG welcomes all who have interest, expertise, and experience in managing the exceptional biodiversity and unique ecosystems of MTEs.
