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Mediterranean Basin

Mediterranean Basin. Greer Manton Ben Hughes Brandi Alfaro. Mediterranean Basin - overview. Location: Covers from Portugal to Jordan (W  E) and Italy to Morocco (N  S) Europe, Asia, Africa) Climate: Cool, wet winters Hot, dry summers Ratio: 111:5 (population to extinct species)

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Mediterranean Basin

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  1. Mediterranean Basin Greer Manton Ben Hughes Brandi Alfaro

  2. Mediterranean Basin - overview • Location: • Covers from Portugal to Jordan (W  E) and Italy to Morocco (N  S) • Europe, Asia, Africa) • Climate: • Cool, wet winters • Hot, dry summers • Ratio: • 111:5 (population to extinct species) • Population of people being low makes extinction low • More people = more development = less habitat • Additional Info: • One of largest chain of islands • 4,500 m. high mountains • Population increase = development increase

  3. Mediterranean Basin – hot spot • Hot spot • Rare and native species • Needs a lot of protection • Threatened species • More people = more development • 22,500 different plant species

  4. Mediterranean Basin- Unique Biodiversity • Vertebrates: 1,240 species • Monk seal: flagship specie- less than 400 in the wild • Spanish Imperial Eagle: threatened endemic;only 350 grown adults • Plants: 22,500 species • 52% are found nowhere else in the world •  endemics are mainly on islands and peninsulas • Argan tree

  5. Mediterranean Basin- Human Impact • Habitat Fragmentation • Only scattered patches of vegetation • extremely vulnerable to habitat loss, urban expansion, and overgrazing • Human Development • Settlers for over 8,000 years • Deforestation to create agricultural lands • Tourism • Shores are biggest large-scale tourist attraction • Direct impact on native species

  6. Conservation • Started with Greeks and Romans (approx. 2000 years ago) • Only 90,000 sq. km. protected • Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria are expanding their areas of protection • European Union’s Habitats Directive (Natura 2000) allows European nations to map out the sites in need of protection

  7. Conclusion • Many species of plants unique to only this place • If the plants become extinct so will herbivores • Some amphibians and fish indigenous only to here

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