List of ecoregions in Mauritania
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
The following is a list of ecoregions in Mauritania, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Contents
Terrestrial ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Atlantic coastal desert
- North Saharan steppe and woodlands
- Sahara desert
- South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
Freshwater ecoregions
Marine ecoregions
References
- Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
- 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.