List of ecoregions in Nigeria

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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[]

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[]

Montane grasslands and shrublands[]

Flooded grasslands and savannas[]

Mangroves[]

Freshwater ecoregions[]

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan[]

West Coastal Equatorial[]

Marine ecoregions[]

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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