Eastern Canadian Shield taiga

Eastern Canadian Shield taiga
Taiga along the shores of Caniapiscau Reservoir
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeBoreal forests/taiga
Borders
Bird species99[1]
Mammal species34[1]
Geography
Area754,169 km2 (291,186 sq mi)
CountryCanada
Provinces
Conservation
Conservation statusRelatively stable/intact
Global 200Yes
Habitat loss0%[1]
Protected26,540 km2 (4%)[2]

The Eastern Canadian Shield taiga is an ecoregion of Canada as defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system.

  1. ^ a b c "The Atlas of Global Conservation". maps.tnc.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  2. ^ 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]