| Eyre Yorke Block Eyre and Yorke mallee | |
|---|---|
 Kangaroos at Innes National Park on the Yorke Peninsula | |
 Map of the Eyre Yorke Block, a.k.a. Eyre and Yorke mallee | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Australasian |
| Biome | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 60,195 km2 (23,241 sq mi) |
| Country | Australia |
| States | South Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°55′S 137°37′E / 33.917°S 137.617°E |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
| Protected | 8,816 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]
- ^ 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. - ^ 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.
- ^ IBRA Version 6.1 Archived September 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine data
- ^ "Eyre and York mallee". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Eyre and York mallee". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Eyre and York mallee". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved 20 August 2021.