South Siberian forest steppe
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Scientific Code
(PA0817)
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Ecoregion Category
Palearctic
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Size
62,500 square miles
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Status
Critical/Endangered
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Habitats
Description
Location and General Description
Biodiversity Features
Current Status
Types and Severity of Threats
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
This ecoregion concentrates in large patches north of the Altai Mountains in south western Siberia. Mapped ecoregion boundaries correspond to the forest steppe zone within the West Siberian forest province in Kurnaev’s (1990) forest map of the USSR.
References
Kurnaev, S. 1990. Forest regionalization of the USSR (1:16,000,000) Moscow: Dept. of Geodesy and Cartography
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