Ecoregions of New Guinea
New Guinea, lying within the tropics and with extensive mountain areas, comprises a wide range of ecoregions. These include rainforests, grasslands and mangrove.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
The lowland rainforest of the Western New Guinea
- Biak-Numfoor rain forests
- Central Range montane rain forests
- Huon Peninsula montane rain forests
- Japen rain forests
- Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
- Northern New Guinea montane rain forests
- Southeastern Papuan rain forests
- Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests
- Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests
- Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests
- Vogelkop montane rain forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Central Range sub-alpine grasslands
Mangrove
See also
References
- Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.
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