New Guinea is in the Australasian realm, which also includes the islands of Wallacea to the west, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu to the east, and Australia and New Zealand.[1]
Sea levels were lower during the Ice Ages, which exposed the shallow continental shelf and connected New Guinea to Australia into a single land mass. Several nearby islands, including the Aru Islands, most of the Raja Ampat Islands, and Yapen, were also connected to the mainland, which allowed the flora and fauna of New Guinea and the continental shelf islands to mix.[2]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forestsedit
The oceans around New Guinea are part of the Central Indo-Pacificmarine realm. The realm is divided into marine provinces, which are further divided into marine ecoregions.[3]
^ Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.
^Jared Diamond, K. David Bishop "Origins of the upland avifauna of Yapen Island, New Guinea region," Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 140(4), 423-448, (9 December 2020)
^Mark D. Spalding, Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson, Zach A. Ferdaña, Max Finlayson, Benjamin S. Halpern, Miguel A. Jorge, Al Lombana, Sara A. Lourie, Kirsten D. Martin, Edmund McManus, Jennifer Molnar, Cheri A. Recchia, James Robertson, Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas, BioScience, Volume 57, Issue 7, July 2007, Pages 573–583, https://doi.org/10.1641/B570707
Robin Abell, Michele L. Thieme et al. (2008). "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation". BioScience, Volume 58, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 403–414, https://doi.org/10.1641/B580507
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ecoregions, guinea, guinea, lying, within, tropics, with, extensive, mountain, areas, comprises, wide, range, ecoregions, these, include, rainforests, grasslands, mangrove, contents, terrestrial, ecoregions, tropical, subtropical, moist, broadleaf, forests, tr. New Guinea lying within the tropics and with extensive mountain areas comprises a wide range of ecoregions These include rainforests grasslands and mangrove Contents 1 Terrestrial ecoregions 1 1 Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests 1 2 Tropical and subtropical grasslands savannas and shrublands 1 3 Montane grasslands and shrublands 1 4 Mangrove 2 Freshwater ecoregions 3 Marine ecoregions 4 See also 5 ReferencesTerrestrial ecoregions editNew Guinea is in the Australasian realm which also includes the islands of Wallacea to the west the Bismarck Archipelago Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the east and Australia and New Zealand 1 Sea levels were lower during the Ice Ages which exposed the shallow continental shelf and connected New Guinea to Australia into a single land mass Several nearby islands including the Aru Islands most of the Raja Ampat Islands and Yapen were also connected to the mainland which allowed the flora and fauna of New Guinea and the continental shelf islands to mix 2 Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit nbsp The lowland rainforest of the Western New GuineaCentral Range montane rain forests Huon Peninsula montane rain forests Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests Northern New Guinea montane rain forests Southeastern Papuan rain forests Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests Vogelkop Aru lowland rain forests Vogelkop montane rain forestsTropical and subtropical grasslands savannas and shrublands edit Trans Fly savanna and grasslandsMontane grasslands and shrublands edit Central Range sub alpine grasslandsMangrove edit New Guinea mangrovesFreshwater ecoregions editVogelkop Bomberai New Guinea North Coast New Guinea Central Mountains Southwest New Guinea Trans Fly Lowland Papuan PeninsulaMarine ecoregions editThe oceans around New Guinea are part of the Central Indo Pacific marine realm The realm is divided into marine provinces which are further divided into marine ecoregions 3 Western Coral Triangle province Papua Eastern Coral Triangle province Bismarck Sea Solomon Sea Southeast Papua New Guinea Sahul Shelf province Gulf of Papua Arafura SeaSee also editFauna of New GuineaReferences edit Wikramanayake Eric Eric Dinerstein Colby J Loucks et al 2002 Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo Pacific a Conservation Assessment Island Press Washington DC Jared Diamond K David Bishop Origins of the upland avifauna of Yapen Island New Guinea region Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 140 4 423 448 9 December 2020 Mark D Spalding Helen E Fox Gerald R Allen Nick Davidson Zach A Ferdana Max Finlayson Benjamin S Halpern Miguel A Jorge Al Lombana Sara A Lourie Kirsten D Martin Edmund McManus Jennifer Molnar Cheri A Recchia James Robertson Marine Ecoregions of the World A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas BioScience Volume 57 Issue 7 July 2007 Pages 573 583 https doi org 10 1641 B570707 Robin Abell Michele L Thieme et al 2008 Freshwater Ecoregions of the World A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation BioScience Volume 58 Issue 5 May 2008 Pages 403 414 https doi org 10 1641 B580507 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ecoregions of New Guinea amp oldid 1034402629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
