Illyrian deciduous forests

Illyrian deciduous forests
Illyrian deciduous forests
	forest with Aleppo pine (Pinus halapensis) near Dubrovnik, Croatia.
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders	Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests; Dinaric Mountains mixed forests; Pindus Mountains mixed forests; Po Basin mixed forests;
Geography
Area	39,390 km2 (15,210 sq mi)
Countries	List Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Montenegro; Slovenia;
Conservation
Conservation status	critical/endangered
Protected	8,855 km2 (22%)

The Illyrian deciduous forests is a terrestrial ecoregion in southern Europe, which extends along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It belongs to the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, and is in the Palearctic realm.

^ 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]

Illyrian deciduous forests
forest with Aleppo pine (Pinus halapensis) near Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders	Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests Dinaric Mountains mixed forests Pindus Mountains mixed forests Po Basin mixed forests
Geography
Area	39,390 km² (15,210 sq mi)
Countries	List Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Greece Italy Montenegro Slovenia
Conservation
Conservation status	critical/endangered
Protected	8,855 km² (22%)^[1]