Biome

Montane Grasslands & Shrublands

Le biome Montane Grasslands & Shrublands regroupe 46 écorégions dans le catalogue mondial de Plotwright. Prairies, pelouses et landes d’altitude au-dessus de la limite des arbres ou dans les bassins montagneux, y compris les systèmes alpins et de páramo. Températures fraîches, ensoleillement intense et flore spécialisée, souvent endémique, les caractérisent.

Altai alpine meadow and tundra Angolan montane forest-grassland Australian Alps montane grasslands Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Cordillera Central páramo Cordillera de Merida páramo East African montane moorlands Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands Ethiopian montane moorlands Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow High Monte Highveld grasslands Hindu Kush alpine meadow Jos Plateau forest-grassland Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Khangai Mountains alpine meadow Kinabalu montane alpine meadows Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands Madagascar ericoid thickets Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe Mulanje Montane forest-grassland New Zealand South Island montane grasslands North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert Northern Andean páramo Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Nyanga-Chimanimani Montane forest-grassland Ordos Plateau steppe Pamir alpine desert and tundra Papuan Central Range sub-alpine grasslands Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands Santa Marta páramo Sayan alpine meadows and tundra Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows Southern Andean steppe Southern Rift Montane forest-grassland Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows Tibetan Plateau alpine shrublands and meadows Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Yarlung Zanbo arid steppe