List of ecoregions in Tunisia
The following is a list of ecoregions in Tunisia, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Palearctic
Temperate coniferous forests
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Saharan halophytics
Freshwater ecoregions
- Permanent Maghreb
- Temporary Maghreb
Marine ecoregions
- Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra
- Western Mediterranean
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.
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