Rodope montane mixed forests

Rodope montane mixed forests
Forests near Smolyan in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria
Location of the Rodope montane mixed forests
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders
Geography
Area31,689 km2 (12,235 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered
Global 200European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest
Protected17,723 km² (56%)[1]

The Rodope montane mixed forests is a terrestrial ecoregion of Europe defined by the WWF. It belongs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome and the Palearctic realm.

  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]