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List Of Ecoregions In Ghana
The following is a list of ecoregions in Ghana, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions ''By major habitat type:'' Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *Eastern Guinean lowland forests Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands *Guinean forest-savanna mosaic *West Sudanian savanna Mangrove *Central African mangroves Freshwater ecoregions ''By bioregion:'' Nilo-Sudan *Ashanti *Volta River, Volta Marine ecoregions Gulf of Guinea 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 Madagas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions. In theory, biodiversity or conservation ecoregions are relatively large areas of land or water where the probability of encountering different species and communities at any given point remains relatively constant, within an acceptable range of variation (largely undefined at this point). Three caveats are appropriate for all bio-geographic mapping approaches. Firstly, no single bio-geographic framework is optimal for all taxa. Ecoregions reflect the best compromise for as many taxa as possible. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
