Lofoten, Norway Photograph by Stefan Schlesinger   Palaearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests   7,500 square miles (19,300 square kilometers) -- about the size of New Jersey 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

This ecoregion is equivalent to the DMEER (2000) unit of the same name. The formation of the DMEER (2000) unit was heavily influenced by climatic criteria. This unit is dominated by Bohn et al.’s (2000) western boreal and nemoral-montane birch forests.

References

Bohn, Udo, Gisela Gollub, and Christoph Hettwer. 2000. Reduced general map of the natural vegetation of Europe. 1:10 million. Bonn-Bad Godesberg 2000

Delbaere, B. C. W., editor. 1998. Facts + Figures on Europe's Biodiversity - state and trends 1998-1999. Tilburg, NL.: Technical Report Series, ECNC.

Council of Europe. 1995. Co-ordination of information on protected areas. Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe, Sofia/Bulgaria, 23-25 October 1995. Prepared by Marc Roekaerts. CoE, Strasbourg.

Council of Europe 1997. Les oiseaux mondialement menacés: situation en Europe - plans d'action. BirdLife International. CoE, Strasbourg,

Council of Europe. 1998. Rapport relatif à la carte sur les sites de conservation de la nature désignés en application des instruments internationaux au niveau paneuropéen. Comité d'experts pour le réseau écologique paneuropéen (STRA-REP-98-2). CoE, Strasbourg.

Council of Europe. 2000. Council of Europe, the Emerald network of the Bern Convention. Retrieved from: URL: <http://www.nature.coe.int/english/main/econets/emerald/intro.htm>

Davis, S. D., V. H. Heywood, and A. C. Hamilton. 1994. Centres of Plant Diversity. Vol. 1: Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia and Middle East. D.C.: WWF and IUCN.

Digital Map of European Ecological Regions (DMEER), Version 2000/05 Retrieved from: http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/dataservice/metadetails.asp?table=DMEER&i=1

EU DG-ENV 2000. The Directorate General on Environment of the European Union, coordinating the Natura 2000 network (Birds and Habitats Directive). URL: Retrieved from: <http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/home.htm>

Gasc J.P., A. Cabela, J. Crnobrnja-Isailovic, D. Dolmen, K. Grossenbacher, P. Haffner, J. Lescure, H. Martens, J.P. Martinez Rica, H. Maurin, M.E. Oliveira, T.S. Sofianidou, M. Veith, and A. Zuiderwijk, editors. 1997: Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europaea Herpetologica & Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (IEGB/SPN), Paris, 496pp.

Heath, M. F., and M. I. Evans, editors. 2000. Important Bird Areas in Europe: Priority sites for conservation. 2 vols. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

Heinzel, H., R. Fitter, and J. Parslow. 1977. Pareys Vogelbuch - Alle Vögel Europas, Nordafrikas und des mittleren Ostens. Hamburg, Berlin: Aufl. Verl. P. Parey.

IUCN 2000: The Global Redlist of Species, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. URL: http://www.redlist.org

Ozenda, P. 1994. Végétation du Continent Européen. Lausanne, Switzerland: Delachaux et Niestlé.

Stanners, D., and P. Bourdeau, editors. 1995. Europe's environment: the Dobris assessment. Copenhagen: European Environment Agency.

State of the Environment Norway. Retrieved from: http://62.92.38.7/Topics/polar_areas/wildlife_management/plants/plants.stm

Walter, H. 1984. Vegetationen und Klimazonen: Grundriss der globalen Ökologie. Stuttgart, Ulmer: Aufl.

Wheatley, N. 2000. Where to watch birds in Europe and Russia. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

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