Description
Location and General Description
Biodiversity Features
Current Status
Types and Severity of Threats
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
Justification for Ecoregion Delineation: This area is isolated from other Arctic coastal tundras by the White Sea, resulting in distinct characteristics in plant and animal taxa. Mapped ecoregion boundaries correspond to the lowland tundra in the coastal Norway-Kola peninsula vegetation 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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Biome: Tundra
Size: 22,700 square miles
Conservation Status: Critical/Endangered
G200: Yes
Introduction
Description
Location and General Description
Biodiversity Features
Current Status
Types and Severity of Threats
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
Justification for Ecoregion Delineation: This area is isolated from other Arctic coastal tundras by the White Sea, resulting in distinct characteristics in plant and animal taxa. Mapped ecoregion boundaries correspond to the lowland tundra in the coastal Norway-Kola peninsula vegetation 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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Reviewed by: