Eyre Yorke Block

Eyre Yorke Block
Eyre and Yorke mallee
Map of the Eyre Yorke Block, a.k.a. Eyre and Yorke mallee
Ecology
RealmAustralasian
BiomeMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders
Geography
Area60,195 km2 (23,241 sq mi)
CountryAustralia
StatesSouth Australia
Coordinates33°55′S 137°37′E / 33.917°S 137.617°E / -33.917; 137.617
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected8,816 km2 (15%)[1]

The Eyre Yorke Block, also known as the Eyre and Yorke mallee, is an interim Australian (IBRA) bioregion and a World Wildlife Fund ecoregion covering part of the Eyre Peninsula and all of Yorke Peninsula as well as land to its immediate east in South Australia.[2][3][4] [5] [6] [7]

  1. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
  2. ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report". Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
  3. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 Archived September 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine data
  4. ^ "Eyre and York mallee". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  5. ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Eyre and York mallee". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Eyre and York mallee". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved 20 August 2021.