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Southland montane grasslands information


Southland montane grasslands
Sealy Tarns in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmAustralasian
BiomeMontane grasslands and shrublands
Borders
List
  • Canterbury–Otago tussock grasslands
  • Fiordland temperate forests
  • Nelson Coast temperate forests
  • Richmond temperate forests
  • Southland temperate forests
  • Westland temperate forests
Geography
Area40,006 km2 (15,446 sq mi)
CountryNew Zealand
Regions
  • Canterbury
  • Marlborough
  • Otago
  • Southland
  • Tasman,
  • West Coast
Coordinates43°33′S 170°18′E / 43.55°S 170.3°E / -43.55; 170.3
Conservation
Conservation statusRelatively stable/intact[1]
Protected2,035 km² (5%)[2]

The Southland montane grasslands, also known as the South Island montane grasslands, is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion on New Zealand’s South Island. The ecoregion covers the middle portion of the Southern Alps, and includes extensive alpine grasslands, fellfields, and montane forests.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Southland montane grasslands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
  3. ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Southland montane grasslands". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Southland montane grasslands". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

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