Vol. 35 – 2009 - Ecologia Mediterranea - Université d'Avignon et des ...

ecologia mediterranea
Editeur-in-Chief : Pr. Thierry Dutoit
UMR CNRS IRD IMEP
Université d’Avignon, IUT
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84911 Avignon cedex 09
France
Editorial Board
Dr. James Aronson, CNRS, Montpellier,
France.
Dr. Alex Baumel, Université Paul-Cézanne,
Marseille, France.
Dr. Élise Buisson, Université Avignon,
France.
Dr. Marc Cheylan, EPHESS, Montpellier,
France.
Dr. Cécile Claret, Université Paul-Cézanne,
Marseille, France.
Dr. Bruno Fady, INRA, Avignon, France.
Pr. Thierry Gauquelin, Université de
Provence, Marseille, France.
Dr. Raphaël Gros, Université Paul-Cézanne,
Marseille, France.
Dr. Frédéric Guiter, Université Paul-
Cézanne, Marseille, France.
Pr. Serge Kreiter, Université Montpellier,
France.
Pr. N.S. Margaris, Université Mytilène,
Grèce.
Pr. Frédéric Médail, Université Paul-
Cézanne, Marseille, France.
Pr. François Mesléard, Université Avignon –
Tour du Valat, France.
Dr. Jérôme Orgeas, Université Paul-
Cézanne, Marseille, France.
Dr. Philippe Ponel, CNRS, Marseille, France.
Dr. Roger Prodon, EPHE, Montpellier, France.
Dr. Isabelle Lafond-Schwob, Université de
Provence, Marseille, France.
Dr. Brigitte Talon, Université Paul-Cézanne,
Marseille, France.
Dr. Éric Vidal, Université Paul-Cézanne,
Marseille, France.
Dr. I.N. Vogiatzakis, Université Reading,
United-Kingdom.
ISSN 0153-8756
Instructions to authors
ecologia mediterranea publishes original research
reports and syntheses in the fields of fundamental and
applied ecology of Mediterranean areas, except for
descriptive articles or articles about systematic. The editors
of ecologia mediterranea invite original contributions
in the fields of: bioclimatology, biogeography, conservation
biology, restoration ecology, populations
biology, genetic ecology, landscape ecology, community
ecology, microbial ecology, vegetal and animal ecology,
ecophysiology, palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology,
except marine ecology. Symposium proceedings, review
articles, methodological notes, book reviews, Ph. D. thesis
abstracts and comments on recent papers in ecologia
mediterranea are also published.
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