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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