Japan is home to nine forest ecoregions, which reflect its climate and geography. The islands that constitute Japan generally have a humid climate, which ranges from warm subtropical in the southern islands to cool temperate on the northern island of Hokkaidō.
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].
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list, ecoregions, japan, japan, home, nine, forest, ecoregions, which, reflect, climate, geography, islands, that, constitute, japan, generally, have, humid, climate, which, ranges, from, warm, subtropical, southern, islands, cool, temperate, northern, island,. Japan is home to nine forest ecoregions which reflect its climate and geography The islands that constitute Japan generally have a humid climate which ranges from warm subtropical in the southern islands to cool temperate on the northern island of Hokkaidō Contents 1 Ecoregions overview 2 Terrestrial ecoregions 3 Freshwater ecoregions 4 Marine ecoregions 5 ReferencesEcoregions overview editJapan lies at the convergence of three terrestrial realms the Palearctic Indomalaya and Oceania and its flora and fauna combine elements from all three The ecoregions that cover the main islands of Japan Honshu Hokkaidō Kyushu and Shikoku along with the nearby islands are considered part of the Palearctic realm The island arcs of southern Japan the Ryukyu Islands to the southwest and the Ogasawara Islands to the southeast are home to subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregions the Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests ecoregion is part of the Indomalayan realm while the Ogasawara subtropical moist forests of the Ogasawaras is part of the Oceanian realm Terrestrial ecoregions editTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests Ogasawara subtropical moist forestsTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests Hokkaidō deciduous forests Nihonkai evergreen forests Nihonkai montane deciduous forests Taiheiyo evergreen forests Taiheiyo montane deciduous forestsTemperate coniferous forests Hokkaidō montane conifer forests Honshu alpine conifer forestsFreshwater ecoregions editSakhalin Hokkaido amp Sikhote Alin Coast Lake Biwa Honshu Shikoku Kyushu Ogasarawa Islands Kazan ArchipelagoMarine ecoregions editNot a complete listSea of Japan Sea of Okhotsk East China Sea Kuroshio Current Oyashio Current Ryukyu reefs Ogasawara reefsReferences editAbell 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ecoregions in Japan amp oldid 1081428611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
