List of ecoregions in Ecuador

This is a list of ecoregions in Ecuador.

Terrestrial

Ecuador is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Deserts and xeric shrublands
  • Galápagos Islands xeric scrub

Mangroves

Marine

Tropical Eastern Pacific

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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