Chaparral And Scrub

Scrub? Chaparral? Matorral? Renosterveld? Whatever the local name, the mediterranean scrub biome is one of the most unique and smallest biomes on Earth. While many plants and animals are native only to their particular formations, many species now flourish all over the world. This biome has been shaped by and in turn has helped shape the progress of human civilization. Tom Warhol's Chaparral and Scrub takes readers along the glistening Mediterranean Sea, up the windswept hills of California and Chile, and among the floristically rich but highly threatened renosterveld of South Africa. Book jacket.