Marquesas tropical moist forests

Marquesas tropical moist forests
Basalt outcrops at Hatihe'u on Nuku Hiva
Map of the Marquesas Islands
Ecology
RealmOceanian
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Geography
Area540 km2 (210 sq mi)
CountryFrench Polynesia
Administrative subdivisionsMarquesas Islands
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered[1]
Protected37 km2 (7%)[2]

The Marquesas tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.

  1. ^ "Marquesas tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869. Supplemental material 2 table S1b.

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