Tocci, Salvatore.

The chaparral : life on the scrubby coast / Life on the scrubby coast Salvatore Tocci. - New York : F. Watts, c2004. - 63 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm. - Watts library Biomes and habitats .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57) and index.

Known as matorral in Chile, maquis in the Mediterranean, fynbos in South Africa, and mallee scrub in Australia, the chaparral has the same characteristics in each location.

ISBN: 0531166716 (pbk.) 9780531166710 1415583900

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chaparral
Chaparral ecology
Ecology