Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests information
Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests
Pines on La Palma
Map of the Canary Islands. The ecoregion covers the five western islands – La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria.
Ecology
Realm
Palearctic
Biome
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Geography
Area
4,693 km2 (1,812 sq mi)
Country
Spain
Autonomous community of Spain
Canary Islands
Conservation
Conservation status
critical/endangered
Protected
2,417 km2 (52%)[1]
The Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregion in the Canary Islands. It encompasses the western group of the Canary Islands – La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria – in the Atlantic Ocean. These volcanic islands are an autonomous community of Spain, and lie southwest of the Spanish mainland and west of the North African coast.
^Dinerstein, Eric [in German]; Olson, David; Joshi, Anup; et al. (2017-04-05). "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 0006-3568. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.
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