This video, we're going to talk about chaparrales, which are also sometimes referred to as shrublands because they are dominated by shrubs and small trees, and they tend to occur in mid-latitude coastal regions. Now chaparral are said to have Mediterranean-type climates because notice that many of these chaparral tend to fall right along the Mediterranean Sea. And so a Mediterranean-type climate includes having hot dry summers and mild wet winters. And so notice in this climate graph of Athens, Greece that it has hot but dry summers with these low precipitation bars and mild but wet winters with these higher precipitation bars. Now, similarly to savannahs, chaparrales have wildfires that serve as a common disturbance.

And so many of the plant and animal life forms have evolved adaptations to tolerate the wildfires and the conditions in chaparrales. So that concludes this video, and I'll see you in our next one.