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The history of mediterranean-type environments: climate, culture and landscape

Neil Roberts

Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL3 4AA, UK; cnioberts{at}aplynouth.ac.uk

Michael E. Meadows

Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

John R. Dodson

Departmnent of Geography, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6907, Australia

This editorial introduction highlights four of the principal themes in late-Quaternary research on summer-dry, mediterranean-type environments: first, issues of historical biogeography, such as convergent evolution; second, the synchroneity of past climate change between and within different regions; third, how far mediterranean-type environments represent cultural constructs or pristine habitats; and, fourth, the environmental future of mediterranean-type regions - for example, whether past records can help inform our understanding of how their distinctive biotas and often fragile landscapes will respond to predicted climate change. These issues are illustrated from three of the world's five mediterranean-type regions: the Western Cape Region of South Africa. South and Western Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin.

Key Words: mediterranean • Holocene • climtate change • vegetation history • cultural landscapes • human impact

The Holocene, Vol. 11, No. 6, 631-634 (2001)
DOI: 10.1191/09596830195663
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