Carpathian montane conifer forests

Carpathian montane conifer forests
Location of the ecoregion (in purple)
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeTemperate coniferous forests
Borders
Geography
Area125,337 km2 (48,393 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusvulnerable
Global 200European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest
Protected29,488 km2 (24%)[1]

The Carpathian montane conifer forests, also known as Carpathian montane forests, is a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion in the Carpathian Mountains of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine.

  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]