There are chaparral biomes along the west coasts in the mid-latitudes of Europe, Australia, the Americas, and South Africa. The entire Mediterranean Basin — which includes coastal areas in Italy ...

found below the chaparral biome. Chaparral covers 5 percent of the state of California, and associated Mediterranean shrubland an additional 3.5 percent. The name comes from the Spanish word for ...

The Mediterranean map reveals that regions with high pGDV are distributed throughout the entire biome. We also see an increased occurrence in coastal lowlands and in riverine landscapes.