World ecoregions (collection)

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An ecoregion is a relatively large unit of land that contains geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities with boundaries that approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land use change. Scientists working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have identified and described 867 such ecoregions WWF, many of which are high priority for biodiversity conservation. This Collection presents the current description of each WWF ecoregion.

 

Australasia


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Tundra

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
  • Carnarvon xeric shrublands
  • Central Ranges xeric scrub
  • Gibson desert
  • Great Sandy-Tanami desert
  • Great Victoria desert
  • Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands
  • Pilbara shrublands
  • Simpson desert
  • Tirari-Stuart stony desert
  • Western Australian Mulga shrublands

Mangrove

Antarctic


Tundra

Afrotropic


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Mangrove

Indo-Malayan


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

Temperate Coniferous Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Mangrove

Nearctic


Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

Temperate Coniferous Forests

Boreal Forests/Taiga

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Tundra

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Mangrove

Neotropic


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub
  • Chilean matorral

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

Mangrove

Oceania


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Palearctic


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

Temperate Coniferous Forests

Boreal Forests/Taiga

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands

Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Tundra
  • Arctic desert
  • Bering tundra
  • Cherskii-Kolyma mountain tundra
  • Chukchi Peninsula tundra
  • Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra
  • Kola Peninsula tundra
  • Northeast Siberian coastal tundra
  • Northwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundra
  • Novosibirsk Islands arctic desert
  • Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands
  • Taimyr-Central Siberian tundra
  • Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundra
  • Wrangel Island arctic desert
  • Yamalagydanskaja tundra

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
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