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| Magellanic subpolar forests | |
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 Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 150,500 km2 (58,100 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Conservation | |
| Protected | 69,938 km² (46%)[1] |
The Magellanic subpolar forests (Spanish: Bosque Subpolar Magallánico) are a terrestrial ecoregion of southernmost South America, covering parts of southern Chile and Argentina,[2] and are part of the Neotropical realm. It is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion, and contains the world's southernmost forests.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Hogan, C. Michael; World Wildlife Fund (2014-05-14). Draggan, Sydney (ed.). "Magellanic subpolar forests". Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington DC: National Council for Science and the Environment (published 2010). Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2021-04-02.