List_of_ecoregions_in_Turkey

List of ecoregions in Turkey

List of ecoregions in Turkey

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Turkey as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial

Turkey is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are sorted by biome.

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate coniferous forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Freshwater

Marine

References

  • Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC.
  • Ricketts, Taylor H., Eric Dinerstein, David M. Olson, Colby J. Loucks, et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: 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.

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