Jamaican dry forests

Jamaican dry forests
Hills above Alligator Pond, Jamaica
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biometropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
BordersJamaican moist forests
Geography
Area2,255 km2 (871 sq mi)
CountryJamaica
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/Endangered[1]
Protected459 km2 (20%)[2]

The Jamaican dry forests is a tropical dry forest ecoregion located in southern Jamaica.

  1. ^ "Jamaican dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  2. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, pp. 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

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