The following is a list of ecoregions in Nigeria , according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) .
Content
Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat types
Tropical and subtropical wet broadleaf forests
- Cameroonian alpine forests
- Transitional Forests Cross Niger
- Coastal Forests Cross-Sanaga-Bioko
- Niger Delta Swamp Forests
- Lowland forests of nigeria
Tropical and subtropical meadows, savannas, and shrubs
- Guinea Forest Savannah
- Forest Savannah Mandara Plateau
- Sahel
- Western Sudanese Savannah
Mountain meadows and shrubs
- Forest meadow pastures Jos Plateau
Flooded meadows and savannahs
- Flooded Savannah Lake Chad
Mangroves
- Mangroves of Central Africa
Freshwater Ecoregions
in bioregion
Nilo Sudan
- Coastal bay
- Chad catchment
- Lower Niger Benue
- Niger Delta
West Equatorial Coast
- Northwest Equatorial Coast
Marine Ecoregions
- Guinea's Central Gulf
Links
- 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.
- Toham, Andre Kamdem et al. eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region . World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.