Mediterranean woodlands and forests

Mediterranean woodlands and forests
Marj escarpment, Jebel Akhdar mountains, Cyrenaica, Libya.
Map of the Mediterranean woodlands and forests
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders
Geography
Area356,366 km2 (137,594 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered
Protected28,451 km2 (8%)[1]

The Mediterranean woodlands and forests is an ecoregion in the coastal plains, hills, and mountains bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean in North Africa. It has a Mediterranean climate, and is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.

  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]