List of ecoregions in Nigeria

List of ecoregions in Nigeria

The following is a list of ecoregions in Nigeria, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

* Cameroonian Highlands forests
* Cross-Niger transition forests
* Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
* Niger Delta swamp forests
* Niger lowland forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
* Mandara Plateau mosaic
* Sahelian Acacia savanna
* Western Sudanian savanna

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* Lake Chad flooded savanna

Mangroves

* Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

"by bioregion"

Nilo-Sudan

* Bight Coastal
* Lake Chad Catchment
* Lower Niger-Benue
* Niger Delta

West Coastal Equatorial

* Northern West Coastal Equatorial

Marine ecoregions

* Gulf of Guinea Central

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.
* 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.


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