South Apennine mixed montane forests

South Apeninne mixed montane forests
South Apeninne mixed montane forests
	Beech forest in Pollino National Park
	Map of the ecoregion
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Borders	Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests; Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests;
Geography
Area	13,095 km2 (5,056 sq mi)
Country	Italy
Regions	Basilicata; Calabria; Campania,; Sicily;
Conservation
Conservation status	vulnerable
Protected	6,008 km2 (46%)

The South Apennine mixed montane forests is an ecoregion in the southern Apennine Mountains of southern Italy and Sicily. It has a Mediterranean climate, and is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.

This ecoregion is restricted to the high mountain massifs of the regions of Basilicata, Calabria and the island of Sicily.

^ 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]