Madrean Archipelago

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biogeographic region sky island complex

The Madrean Archipelago is a biogeographic region of isolated “sky island” mountain ranges in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, noted for its exceptional biodiversity and mix of temperate and subtropical ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biogeographic region ⓘ
sky island complex ⓘ
borderedBy Arizona Upland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chihuahuan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexican Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy high habitat diversity ⓘ
isolated mountain ranges ⓘ
strong elevational gradients ⓘ
valley lowlands of desert and grassland ⓘ
climate montane ⓘ
semiarid ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
extendsInto Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico Bootheel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sky Islands region of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEcosystemType conifer forest ⓘ
desert scrub ⓘ
grassland ⓘ
oak woodland ⓘ
pine-oak forest ⓘ
riparian woodland ⓘ
hasPart Animas Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chiricahua Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huachuca Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mule Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peloncillo Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinaleño Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Catalina Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santa Rita Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental sky islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor climate change refugia ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
range-restricted plant species ⓘ
knownFor biogeographic connectivity between temperate and Neotropical biotas ⓘ
exceptional biodiversity ⓘ
high endemism ⓘ
mix of temperate and subtropical ecosystems ⓘ
locatedIn Northwestern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Madrean Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nearctic ecozone NERFINISHED ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
wildfire regime change ⓘ

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Huachuca Mountains foothills → ecoregion → Madrean Archipelago ⓘ