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Chiapas montane forests

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Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
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The climate of the ecoregion is tropical and humid. The forests have a cooler climate than the adjacent lowlands, and average annual temperatures decrease with elevation.
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The Chiapas montane forests lie on the northern and northeastern slopes of the Chiapas highlands, between the lowland
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sp). There are approximately 98,050 hectares of primary forest, and 272,991 hectares of second-growth forest.
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A 2017 assessment found 273 km², or 5%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. Protected areas include
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The predominant plant community is mountain cloud forest. Characteristic tree species include majagua (
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Wiken, Ed, Francisco Jiménez Nava, and Glenn Griffith. 2011.
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Neotropical tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
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Tropical moist broafleaf forest ecoregion of Chiapas, Mexico
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Index


YajalĂłn
Chiapas
Mexico

Realm
Neotropical
Biome
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Central American pine–oak forests
Chiapas Depression dry forests
Petén–Veracruz moist forests
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forests
Southern Pacific dry forests
Mexico
Guatemala
States
Chiapas
Conservation status
tropical moist broadleaf forest
ecoregion
Mexico
Guatemala
Chiapas Highlands
Petén–Veracruz moist forests
Central American pine–oak forests
Trichospermum mexicanum
American sweetgum
alder
coyote

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