Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands

Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	montane grasslands and shrublands
Borders	List Djibouti xeric shrublands; East Sudanian savanna; Ethiopian montane forests; Ethiopian montane moorlands; Sahelian Acacia savanna; Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets;
Geography
Area	245,895 km2 (94,941 sq mi)
Countries	Ethiopia; Eritrea; Sudan;
Elevation	1000 – 3000+ m
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	19,442 km2 (9%)

The Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in Ethiopia. It occupies the middle elevations of the Ethiopian Highlands, between the high-elevation Ethiopian montane moorlands and lowland woodlands, savannas, shrublands, and thickets.^[1]

The ecoregion includes montane grasslands, open woodlands, shrublands, and pockets of forest.

^ ^a ^b "Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^ 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]