Warren bioregion

Warren bioregion
Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands
The IBRA regions, with Warren in red
Ecology
RealmAustralasian
BiomeMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
BordersKarri Forest (Southwest Australia woodlands)
Geography
Area8,273 km2 (3,194 sq mi)
CountryAustralia
StateWestern Australia
Coordinates34°36′S 116°06′E / 34.6°S 116.1°E / -34.6; 116.1
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected3,871 km² (47%)[1]

Warren, also known as Karri Forest Region and the Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands ecoregion, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. Located in the southwest corner of Western Australia between Cape Naturaliste and Albany, it is bordered to the north and east by the Jarrah Forest region. Its defining characteristic is an extensive tall forest of Eucalyptus diversicolor (karri). This occurs on dissected, hilly ground, with a moderately wet climate. Karri is a valuable timber and much of the karri forest has been logged over, but less than a third has been cleared for agriculture. Recognised as a region under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), and as a terrestrial ecoregion by the World Wide Fund for Nature, it was first defined by Ludwig Diels in 1906.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; Joshi, Anup; Vynne, Carly; Burgess, Neil D.; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545, Supplemental material 2 table S1b. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. ISSN 1525-3244. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
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  4. ^ "Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 20, 2021.