The following is a list of ecoregions in Germany defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial edit
Germany is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests edit
- Baltic mixed forests
- European Atlantic mixed forests
- Central European mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate coniferous forests edit
Freshwater edit
- Central & Western Europe
- Upper Danube
Marine edit
Germany's seacoast is in the Temperate Northern Atlantic marine realm, and the Northern European Seas marine province.
References edit
- Abell, R., M. Thieme, C. Revenga, M. Bryer, M. Kottelat, N. Bogutskaya, B. Coad, N. Mandrak, S. Contreras-Balderas, W. Bussing, M. L. J. Stiassny, P. Skelton, G. R. Allen, P. Unmack, A. Naseka, R. Ng, N. Sindorf, J. Robertson, E. Armijo, J. Higgins, T. J. Heibel, E. Wikramanayake, D. Olson, H. L. Lopez, R. E. d. Reis, J. G. Lundberg, M. H. Sabaj Perez, and P. Petry. (2008). Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58:403-414, [1].
- 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.