Satellite view of the evergreen forest on Kyushu, Japan Photograph by USGS   Eastern Asia: Southern Japan Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests   53,400 square miles (138,300 square kilometers) -- about the size of Florida Critical/Endangered

· Location and General Description
· Biodiversity Features
· Current Status
· Threats
· Ecoregion Justification
· References
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Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation

Ecoregion boundaries were derived from the ‘Cyclobalanopsis’ and ‘Castanopsis-Machilus’ regions on the Taiheiyo side of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (Miyawaki 1975). This corresponds with lower altitude areas within the "Pacific floral district" in Shimizu (1975).

References

Brazil, M. 1991. The birds of Japan. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.

Environment Agency of Japan. 1992. Nature conservation in Japan: the 3^rd Edition.

Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.

Miyawaki, A. 1975. Outline of Japanese vegetation. Pages 19-27 in K. Numata, K. Yoshida, and M. Kato, editors. Studies in conservation of natural terrestrial ecosystems in Japan. JIBP Synthesis volume 8. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan.

Sengoku, S., T. Hidaka, M. Matsui, and K. Nakaya, editors. 1996. Encyclopedia of animals in Japan Volume 1: Mammals. Tokyo, Japan, Heibinsha Limited Publishers.

Shidei, T. 1974. Forest vegetation zones. Pages 87-124 in M. Numata, editor. The flora and vegetation of Japan. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.

Stattersfield, A. J. et al. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: Priorities for biodiversity conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.

Suzuki, T. 1975. Warm-temperate forests. Pages 34-38 in K. Numata, K. Yoshida, and M. Kato, editors. Studies in conservation of natural terrestrial ecosystems in Japan: Part I Vegetation and its Conservation. JIBP Synthesis volume 8. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan.

For more general information on this ecoregion, go to the WildWorld version of this description.