List of biogeographic provinces

Biogeographic Province is a biotic subdivision of realms. The following list of biogeographic provinces was developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975,[1][2] later modified by other authors.

Afrotropical Realm

Antarctic Realm

  • Tundra communities and barren Antarctic desert
  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands

Australian Realm

  • Tropical humid forests
    • Queensland Coastal
  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
  • Tropical dry or deciduous forests (incl. Monsoon forests) or woodlands
    • Northern Coastal
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
    • Western Sclerophyll
    • Eastern Sclerophyll
    • Brigalow
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
    • Western Mulga
    • Central Desert
    • Southern Mulga/Saltbush
  • Tropical grasslands and savannas
    • Northern Savanna
    • Northern Grasslands
  • Temperate grasslands
    • Eastern Grasslands and Savannas

Indomalayan Realm

Nearctic Realm

  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
    • Sitkan
    • Oregonian
  • Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
    • Yukon Taiga
    • Canadian Taiga
  • Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
  • Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
  • Temperate grasslands
    • Grasslands
  • Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
  • Lake systems

Neotropical Realm

Oceanian Realm

Palearctic Realm

  • Subtropical and temperate rain forests or woodlands
    • Chinese Subtropical Forest
    • Japanese Evergreen Forest (Japanese Subtropical Forest)
  • Temperate needle-leaf forests or woodlands
  • Temperate broad-leaf forests or woodlands, and subpolar deciduous thickets
    • Icelandic
    • Subarctic Birchwoods
    • Kamchatkan
    • British Isles (British and Irish Forest)
    • Atlantic (West European Forest)
    • Boreonemoral (Baltic Lowland)
    • Middle European Forest (East European Mixed Forest)
    • Pannonian (Danubian Steppe)
    • West Anatolian
    • Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest
    • Oriental Deciduous Forest
  • Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, scrubs or woodlands
  • Warm deserts and semideserts
  • Cold-winter (continental) deserts and semideserts
    • Turanian (Kazakh Desert Scrub-steppe)
    • Talka-Makan-Gobi Desert
    • Tibetan
    • Iranian Desert
  • Tundra communities and barren Arctic desert
    • Arctic Desert
    • Higharctic Tundra
    • Lowarctic Tundra
  • Temperate grasslands
  • Mixed mountain and highland systems with complex zonation
  • Mixed island systems
  • Lake systems

See also

References

  1. ↑ Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN.
  2. ↑ Udvardy, Miklos D. F. (1975) World Biogeographical Provinces (Map). The CoEvolution Quarterly, Sausalito, California. link.

Bibliography

  • Dassman, Raymond (1976). "Biogeographical Provinces". CoEvolution Quarterly, Number 11, Fall 1976.
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