Description
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
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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.
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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.
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