Due to the wide altitudinal range of this ecoregion the highest elevations (above 1,000 m (3,300 ft)) are covered with conifer forests, with a mixed broadleaf vegetation and maquis shrubland occurring lower.
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^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]
^"Illyrian deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
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illyrian, deciduous, forests, terrestrial, ecoregion, southern, europe, which, extends, along, eastern, coast, adriatic, belongs, mediterranean, forests, woodlands, scrub, biome, palearctic, realm, forest, with, aleppo, pine, pinus, halapensis, near, dubrovnik. The Illyrian deciduous forests is a terrestrial ecoregion in southern Europe which extends along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea It belongs to the Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub biome and is in the Palearctic realm Illyrian deciduous forestsforest with Aleppo pine Pinus halapensis near Dubrovnik Croatia Ecoregion territory in purple EcologyRealmPalearcticBiomeMediterranean forests woodlands and scrubBordersAegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forestsDinaric Mountains mixed forestsPindus Mountains mixed forestsPo Basin mixed forestsGeographyArea39 390 km2 15 210 sq mi CountriesList AlbaniaBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaGreeceItalyMontenegroSloveniaConservationConservation statuscritical endangeredProtected8 855 km2 22 1 Contents 1 Geography 2 Climate 3 Flora 4 Ecoregion delineation 5 External links 6 ReferencesGeography editThe Illyrian deciduous forests stretch along the eastern coast of the Ionian and Adriatic Seas and occupies 40 600 km2 15 700 sq mi in Northern Greece Albania Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Slovenia and Northern Italy around Trieste The ecoregion is bounded by the Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests in Greece Pindus Mountains mixed forests in Greece and Albania Dinaric Mountains mixed forests in Albania Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Slovenia and Italy and Po Basin mixed forests in Italy Climate editThe climate of the ecoregion is mostly of Koppen s Mediterranean type with hot summers Csa to humid subtropical with wet winters Cfa Flora editDue to the wide altitudinal range of this ecoregion the highest elevations above 1 000 m 3 300 ft are covered with conifer forests with a mixed broadleaf vegetation and maquis shrubland occurring lower The conifer zone is dominated by the Silver fir norway spruce European black pine in some places Bosnian pine with the admixture of the European beech Dinaric calcareous block fir forest grows on limestone outcrops The dominant species of the lower zones include various deciduous oaks Quercus frainetto Q pubescens Q cerris Quercus trojana Quercus macrolepis with other deciduous trees and shrubs Carpinus orientalis Fraxinus ornus Cotinus coggygria Paliurus spina christi Cercis siliquastrum Evergreen trees and maquis shrubs Quercus ilex Quercus coccifera Pinus halepensis Pinus pinea Pistacia terebinthus P lentiscus Erica arborea Juniperus oxycedrus J macrocarpa Olea europaea Arbutus unedo A andrachne Nerium oleander become predominant near the coast Ecoregion delineation editThe Illyrian deciduous forests ecoregion is delineated by the WWF and Digital Map of European Ecological Regions by the European Environment Agency 2 Phytogeographically the ecoregion is shared between the Adriatic and East Mediterranean provinces of the Mediterranean Region within the Holarctic Kingdom according to Armen Takhtajan s delineation External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Illyrian deciduous forests Illyrian deciduous forests Terrestrial Ecoregions World Wildlife Fund References edit 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 Illyrian deciduous forests Terrestrial Ecoregions World Wildlife Fund Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Illyrian deciduous forests amp oldid 1219153081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
