List of ecoregions in Peru
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
- Central Andean dry puna
- Central Andean puna
- Central Andean wet puna
- Cordillera Central páramo
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.