Carnarvon xeric shrublands

Carnarvon xeric shrublands
Carnarvon bioregion
Sandstone plateau in Kennedy Range National Park
Map of IBRA bioregions, with Carnarvon in red
Ecology
RealmAustralasian
Biomedeserts and xeric shrublands
Borders
Geography
Area83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi)
CountryAustralia
StatesWestern Australia
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered[1]
Protected4,025 km² (5%)[2]

The Carnarvon xeric shrublands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Western Australia. The ecoregion is coterminous with the Carnarvon Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) bioregion.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Carnarvon xeric shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 Archived September 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine data