Gascoyne (biogeographic region)

Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia[1][2] and part of the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]

The IBRA regions, with Gascoyne in red

It has subregions named after localities or areas in the region:

  • Gascoyne GAS 18,075,257 hectares (44,664,930 acres)
  • Ashburton GAS01 3,687,030 hectares (9,110,800 acres)
  • Carnegie GAS02 4,718,656 hectares (11,660,050 acres)
  • Augustus GAS03 9,669,571 hectares (23,894,030 acres)

References
  1. Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report". Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. IBRA Version 6.1 Archived September 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine data
  3. World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010.

Further reading
  • Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit. ISBN 0-642-21371-2


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