Northern Europe: Island group north of United Kingdom
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Scientific Code
(PA0807)
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Ecoregion Category
Palearctic
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Size
500 square miles
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Status
Vulnerable
Description
Location and General Description
Biodiversity Features
Current Status
Types and Severity of Threats
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
This ecoregion is equivalent to the DMEER (2000) unit of the same name. It consists entirely of Bohn et al.’s (2000) Atlantic dwarf shrub heaths in the Faroe Islands.
References
Bohn, Udo, Gisela Gollub, and Christoph Hettwer. 2000. Reduced general map of the natural vegetation of Europe. 1:10 million. Bonn-Bad Godesberg 2000. Digital Map of European Ecological Regions (DMEER), Version 2000/05
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