Central American montane forests

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The Central American montane forests are a high-elevation, moist tropical and subtropical forest ecoregion stretching along Central America’s major mountain ranges and renowned for their exceptional biodiversity and high levels of endemism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ⓘ
biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ⓘ
borderedBy dry forests at lower elevations ⓘ
lowland tropical rainforests ⓘ
climate cool subtropical ⓘ
humid ⓘ
conservationStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ecosystemService carbon storage ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
watershed protection ⓘ
elevationRange generally above 1,000 meters ⓘ
up to around 3,000 meters or more in some areas ⓘ
extendsThrough Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
western Panama ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex topography ⓘ
exceptional biodiversity ⓘ
high humidity ⓘ
high levels of endemism ⓘ
high rainfall ⓘ
persistent cloud cover in many areas ⓘ
steep environmental gradients ⓘ
hasConservationMeasure biosphere reserves ⓘ
national parks ⓘ
protected areas ⓘ
hasFauna Baird's tapir ⓘ
surface form: Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

golden toad (Incilius periglenes, now likely extinct) ⓘ
horned guan ⓘ
surface form: horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus)

numerous endemic birds ⓘ
numerous endemic plants ⓘ
Resplendent quetzal ⓘ
surface form: resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)

various endemic frogs ⓘ
various endemic salamanders ⓘ
hasFlora bromeliads ⓘ
epiphytes ⓘ
ferns ⓘ
oaks (Quercus spp.) ⓘ
orchids ⓘ
pines (Pinus spp.) ⓘ
hasVegetationType cloud forest ⓘ
evergreen broadleaf forest ⓘ
oak forest ⓘ
pine–oak forest ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
locatedOn Central American transition zone ⓘ
surface form: Central American mountain ranges
partOf Neotropical realm ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural expansion ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ
logging ⓘ

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Sierra Madre de Chiapas → ecoregion → Central American montane forests ⓘ
Celaque National Park → partOf → Central American montane forests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central American montane forests ecoregion