Tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in Mexico
Chimalapas montane forests
Mountains of Chimalapas above Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Oaxaca
Location of the Chimalapas montane forests ecoregion
Ecology
Realm
Neotropical
Biome
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
List
Central American pine–oak forests
Chiapas Depression dry forests
Petén–Veracruz moist forests
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests
Southern Pacific dry forests
Geography
Area
2,077 km2 (802 sq mi)
Country
Mexico
States
Chiapas
Oaxaca
Conservation
Conservation status
Relatively stable/intact
Protected
278 km2 (13%)[1]
The Chimalapas montane forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in southern Mexico. It includes the montane tropical forests of the Chimalapas region on the boundary of Chiapas and Oaxaca.
^Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (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. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.
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