Eastern Asia: Eastern Russia
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Scientific Code
(PA1102)
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Ecoregion Category
Palearctic
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Size
183,100 square miles
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Status
Relatively Stable/Intact
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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 consists of sparse forest tundra off the western coast of the Bering Sea. Mapped ecoregion boundaries correspond to the montane and forest tundra zones of the Bering 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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