List of ecoregions in Ecuador
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This is a list of ecoregions in Ecuador.
Terrestrial[edit]
Ecuador is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[edit]
- Chocó–Darién moist forests
- Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
- Napo moist forests
- Northwestern Andean montane forests
- Western Ecuador moist forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests[edit]
Flooded grasslands and savannas[edit]
Montane grasslands and shrublands[edit]
Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]
Mangroves[edit]
Marine[edit]
Tropical Eastern Pacific[edit]
- Galapagos
- Guayaquil[2]
- Panama Bight
References[edit]
- ^ Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC.
- ^ Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.