The following is a list of ecoregions in France as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Metropolitan France edit
The ecoregions of Metropolitan France are as follows:
Terrestrial ecoregions edit
Terrestrial ecoregions of Metropolitan France are listed by biome. All them are in the Palearctic realm.
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests edit
- Atlantic mixed forests
- Cantabrian mixed forests
- Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate coniferous forests edit
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub edit
- Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests (Corsica)
- Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
- Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
- Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests (Corsica)
Freshwater ecoregions edit
Marine ecoregions edit
Marine ecoregions of France are listed by marine province. All of them are in the Temperate Northern Atlantic realm.
Northern European Seas province edit
Lusitanian province edit
Mediterranean Sea province edit
Overseas France edit
This is a list of all terrestrial ecoregions of France's overseas departments and territories.
Nearctic realm edit
Boreal forests/taiga edit
Neotropical realm edit
Deserts and xeric shrublands edit
- Leeward Islands xeric scrub (Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy)
- Windward Islands xeric scrub (Martinique)
Mangroves edit
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
- Guianan moist forests (French Guiana)
- Leeward Islands moist forests (Guadeloupe)
- Windward Islands moist forests (Martinique)
Afrotropical realm edit
Deserts and xeric shrublands edit
Temperate grasslands and shrublands edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
Australasian realm edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests edit
Oceanian realm edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
- Fiji tropical moist forests (Wallis and Futuna)
- Marquesas tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
- Society Islands tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
- Tuamotu tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
- Tubuai tropical moist forests (French Polynesia)
Antarctic realm edit
References edit
- Abell, R., M. Thieme, C. Revenga, M. Bryer, M. Kottelat, N. Bogutskaya, B. Coad, N. Mandrak, S. Contreras-Balderas, W. Bussing, M. L. J. Stiassny, P. Skelton, G. R. Allen, P. Unmack, A. Naseka, R. Ng, N. Sindorf, J. Robertson, E. Armijo, J. Higgins, T. J. Heibel, E. Wikramanayake, D. Olson, H. L. Lopez, R. E. d. Reis, J. G. Lundberg, M. H. Sabaj Perez, and P. Petry. (2008). Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58:403-414, [1].
- 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.