Balkan mixed forests

Danubian and Balkan mixed forests
Location of the Balkan mixed forests (in purple)
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders
Geography
Area224,344 km2 (86,620 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered
Protected27,536 km2 (12%)[1]

The Balkan mixed forests are a terrestrial ecoregion of southeastern Europe according to both the WWF and Digital Map of European Ecological Regions by the European Environment Agency. It belongs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome and the Palearctic realm.

  1. ^ 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]