This habitat includes evergreen sclerophyllous or lauriphyllous maquis vegetation with a more or less closed canopy structure but also the low
The Mediterranean maquis is the most typical form of vegetation in the region and is adapted to survival in this precarious environment. The author discusses
in a Quercus ilex L. forest and maquis. Linear exponential and sigmoid equations in weather variab. (average maximum monthly air temperature and total
nean maquis was investigated by analysing historical aerial photographs of Mt. Carmel one of the largest protected areas in the Mediterranean region of
habitat: Maquis. The term 'pseudomaquis' refers to a similar habitat which contains deciduous (leaf-shedding) shrubs and trees
Recently frequent fires have converted much of the vegetation to maquis
of up to 400 years in maquis and 500 years in forest. Agathis ovata and three other members of the. Araucariaceae found in New Caledonia (Araucaria.
Maquis habitats are usually characterised by small trees and large shrubs consisting mostly of an evergreen shrub community reaching a height of up to.
to French adversaries of the new regime and that Maquis Brun should spe- cifically denote armed German soldiers and civilians still hiding out in remote.
The UPC's external support fed Cameroon's internal maquis (as UPC members the maquis of Cameroun ' Journal of African History
The term became an honorific meaning "aarmed resistance fighter". The maquis came to symbolize the French Resistance and was used to describe resistance groups that fought in France before the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Politically, the Maquis included socialists, communists, and anarchists. Some Maquis bands that operated in southwest France were composed entirely of left-wing Spanish veterans of the Spanish Civil War. Spanish Civil War veteran Carlos Romero Giménez was a centrist republican operating from Bordeaux .
Most maquisards operated in the remote or mountainous areas of Brittany and southern France, especially in the Alps and in Limousin. They relied on guerrilla tactics to harass the Milice and German occupation troops. The Maquis also aided the escape of downed Allied airmen, Jews and others pursued by the Vichy and German authorities.
Many maquis areas are considered degraded because of overgrazing by livestock and overharvesting. Garigue, or garrigue, is a related plant community associated with southern France and with poor limestone soils throughout the Mediterranean region.