List of ecoregions in Mexico

This is a list of ecoregions of Mexico as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. A different system of ecoregional analysis is used by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a trilateral body linking Mexican, Canadian and United States environmental regime.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

  • Central Mexican wetlands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Mangroves

  • Alvarado mangroves
  • Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves
  • Mayan Corridor mangroves
  • Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves
  • Petenes mangroves
  • Ría Lagartos mangroves
  • Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves
  • Usumacinta mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Baja California Complex

Colorado River Complex

Sinaloan Coastal Complex

  • Sinaloan Coastal

Rio Bravo Complex

Lerma/Santiago Complex

Rio Panuco Complex

Balsas Complex

Pacific Central Complex

Atlantic Central Complex

Marine ecoregions

Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific

Tropical East Pacific

Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic

  • Northern Gulf of Mexico[1]

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

  • Southern Gulf of Mexico[1]
  • Western Caribbean[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Marine Ecoregions (Spalding 2007). [Map by] GEOMAR, University of Seville, Department of Human Geography" (jpg). Marine ecoregions. marineplan.es. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  • Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC.
  • Ricketts, Taylor H; Eric Dinerstein; David M. Olson; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.
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