Ecoregions of New Guinea

New Guinea, lying within the tropics and with extensive mountain areas, comprises a wide range of ecoregions. These include rainforests, grasslands and mangrove.

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

The lowland rainforest of the Western New Guinea

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Mangrove

See also

References

  • Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.
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