Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests

Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
	conifer forests at Pagsum Lake
	Location of the ecoregion
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate coniferous forests
Borders	Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows; Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests; Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests; Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows;
Bird species	430
Mammal species	88
Geography
Area	46,300 km2 (17,900 sq mi)
Countries	Bhutan; China; India;
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Habitat loss	4.26%
Protected	16.7%

The Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of the middle to upper elevations of the eastern Himalayas and southeast Tibetan Plateau. The ecoregion occurs in southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in northern and eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India, and extreme eastern Bhutan.

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