Po Basin mixed forests

Po Basin mixed forests
Po River at San Benedetto
Location of the Po Basin mixed forests
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders
Geography
Area42,149 km2 (16,274 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected3,572 km2 (8%)[1]

The Po Basin mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the basin of the Po River in northern Italy and Switzerland's Ticino canton.

  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]