Alaska Peninsula montane taiga

Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
Map of the Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeBoreal forests/taiga
Borders
Geography
Area46,596 km2 (17,991 sq mi)
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Climate typeSubpolar oceanic (Cfc)
Conservation
Conservation statusRelatively stable/intact[1]
Protected40,413 km² (86%)[2]

The Alaska Peninsula montane taiga is a taiga and boreal forests ecoregion, located in Alaska, and defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system.

  1. ^ "Alaska Peninsula montane taiga". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ 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. Supplemental material 2 table S1b.