List of ecoregions in Peru
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This is a list of ecoregions in Peru.
Terrestrial
Peru is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Bolivian Yungas
- Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
- Iquitos várzea
- Napo moist forests
- Peruvian Yungas
- Solimões–Japurá moist forests
- Southwest Amazon moist forests
- Ucayali moist forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Mangroves
Marine
Peru is at the intersection of two marine realms, Temperate South America and the Tropical Eastern Pacific.[2]
Temperate South America
- Central Peru
- Humboldtian
Tropical Eastern Pacific
- Guayaquil
References
- ^ 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.