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Ecoregions Of Egypt
The following is a list of ecoregions in Egypt, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions Palearctic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub * Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe Deserts and xeric shrublands * North Saharan steppe and woodlands * Red Sea coastal desert * Sahara desert (ecoregion), Sahara desert * South Saharan steppe and woodlands * Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands Flooded grasslands and savannas * Nile Delta flooded savanna * Saharan halophytics Freshwater ecoregions * Dry Sahel * Lower Nile * Nile Delta * Red Sea Coastal * Temporary Maghreb Marine ecoregions * Levantine Sea * Northern and Central Red Sea 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 Bioregio ... [...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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
