Northern Shortgrass Prairie

Northern Shortgrass Prairie
Northern Shortgrass Prairie
	Prairie in southeastern Alberta, Canada
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands; Northern mixed grasslands; Western short grasslands; Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands; Wyoming Basin shrub steppe; South Central Rockies forests; Colorado Rockies forests;
Bird species	231
Mammal species	78
Geography
Area	638,400 km2 (246,500 sq mi)
Countries	United States; Canada;
States/Provinces	Montana; North Dakota; Wyoming; South Dakota; Nebraska; Alberta; Saskatchewan;
Climate type	Cold semi-arid (BSk)
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/Endangered
Global 200	Yes
Habitat loss	28.690%
Protected	14.8%

The Northern Shortgrass Prairie includes parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the United States Great Plains states of Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. One of 844 terrestrial ecoregions defined by One Earth, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) further breaks this ecoregion into the Northwestern Glaciated Plains and Northwestern Great Plains.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.
^ ^a ^b "Northern Short Grasslands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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