List of ecoregions in Portugal

The following is a list of ecoregions in Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

  • Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
  • Northwest Iberian montane forests
  • Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

  • Azores temperate mixed forests
  • Cantabrian mixed forests
  • Madeira evergreen forests

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Southern Iberia
  • Western Iberia

Marine ecoregions

  • Azores Canaries Madeira
  • South European Atlantic

References

  • 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.
  • Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
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