European–Mediterranean montane mixed forest
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TheEuropean-Mediterranean montane mixed forestsis a compositeecoregionof southernEuropeandNorth Africa,designated by theWorld Wildlife Fundas one of theirGlobal 200ecoregions, a list of priority ecoregions for conservation.
These forests includetemperate coniferous forestsandtemperate broadleaf and mixed forestscovering several major mountain ranges of Europe and northern Africa, including theAlps,Pyrenees,Atlas Mountains,Balkan Mountains,Rhodope Mountains,and theCarpathian Mountains,and including parts of over two dozen different countries.
Theterrestrial ecoregionsincluded within the larger ecoregion include:
- Alps conifer and mixed forests(Austria,France,Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland)
- Apennine deciduous montane forests(Italy)
- Carpathian montane conifer forests(Czech Republic,Poland,Romania,Slovakia,Ukraine)
- Crimean Submediterranean forest complex(Russia,Ukraine)
- Dinaric Mountains mixed forests(Albania,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Italy,Montenegro,Serbia,Slovenia)
- Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests(Algeria,Morocco,Tunisia)
- Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests(France,Spain)
- Rodope montane mixed forests(Bulgaria,Greece,Macedonia,Serbia)