Back Orient-aŭstraliaj mezvarmaj arbaroj Esperanto Bosques templados de Australia oriental Spanish جنگلهای معتدله شرق استرالیا Persian Forêts tempérées d'Australie orientale French
| Eastern Australian temperate forests | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
| Ecology | |
| Biome | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
| Borders | |
| Bird species | 380[1] |
| Mammal species | 87[1] |
| Geography | |
| Area | 222,100 km2 (85,800 sq mi) |
| Country | Australia |
| States | |
| Conservation | |
| Habitat loss | 32.821%[1] |
| Protected | 16.55%[1] |
The Eastern Australian temperate forests is a broad ecoregion of open forest on uplands (typically on the Great Dividing Range) starting from the east coast of New South Wales in the South Coast to southern Queensland, Australia. Although dry sclerophyll and wet sclerophyll eucalyptus forests predominate within this ecoregion,[2][3] a number of distinguishable rainforest communities are present as well.[4][5]
Many systematic National and State Parks are distributed throughout New South Wales and Queensland, although the representation of habitats varies throughout the ecoregion. In some areas, eucalyptus woodlands and dry forests have been cleared for urban development or to enhance grazing. Before Europeans first arrived to Australia, the Border Ranges had one of the largest rainforests in Australia.[6]
- ^ a b c d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.
- ^ "Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)". NSW Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)". NSW Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Ashton, D.H. and P.M. Attiwill. 1994. Tall open-forests. Pages 157 – 196 in R.H. Groves, editor. Australian Vegetation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- ^ Rainforests by the Office of Environment & Heritage
- ^ Thackway, R., and I.D. Cresswell. editors. 1995. An Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia: a framework for establishing the national system of reserves, Version 4.0. Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.