Back صنوبر البحر الأبيض المتوسط والغابات المختلطة Arabic Mediteraneaj koniferaj kaj miksaj arbaroj Esperanto Bosque montano norteafricano Spanish Forêts méditerranéennes de conifères et mixtes French Foreste di conifere e miste del Mediterraneo Italian Средиземноморские хвойные и смешанные леса Russian Середземноморські хвойні та мішані ліси Ukrainian
| Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests | |
|---|---|
 Rif Mountains, Morocco | |
 Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Palearctic |
| Biome | Temperate coniferous forests |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 22,984 km2 (8,874 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | critical/endangered |
| Global 200 | European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest |
| Protected | 4,651 km2 (20%)[1] |
Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests is an ecoregion, in the temperate coniferous forest biome, which occupies the high mountain ranges of North Africa.[2] The term is also a botanically recognized plant association in the African and Mediterranean literature.[3]
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
- ^ "Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- ^ Harry Van der Linde, Anada Tiéga and Thomas Price (2001) Beyond Boundaries: Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa, Published by Biodiversity Support Program.