a field guide to the planet - by Damon Ramsey
TROPICAL
Open Ocean
The vast and beautiful open ocean of the tropics is the largest ecosystem on the planet...
distribution
species...
Thinking of travelling again after everything settles down? One of the companies I work for as a guide and lecturer is Silversea Expeditions.
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- BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS of the world
- AFROTROPICAL Freshwater (Rivers, Lakes & Wetlands)
- - plants
- - reptiles
- - water birds
- - song birds
- - mammals
- - places
- AFROTROPICAL Mediterranean Scrub (Fynbos)
- - plants
- - insects
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- AFROTROPICAL Tropical/Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest (Rainforest)
- - plants
- - non-passerine birds
- - passerine birds
- - mammals
- - places
- AFROTROPICAL Tropical/Subtropical Savanna
- - plants
- - insects
- - reptiles
- - non-passerine-birds
- - passerine birds
- - mammals
- - places
- ANTARCTIC and SUBANTARCTIC Ocean
- - birds
- - mammals
- ANTARCTIC and SUBANTARCTIC Seashore
- - geology
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- ANTARCTIC and SUBANTARCTIC Tundra
- - plants
- - places
- ARCTIC Open Ocean
- - mammals
- - places
- AUSTRALASIAN Mediterranean Scrub (Kwongan heath lands)
- - plants
- AUSTRALASIAN Mangrove
- - plants
- - birds
- - places
- AUSTRALASIAN Temperate Forest (Eucalyptus Woodland)
- - plants
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- AUSTRALASIAN Temperate Ocean
- - plants
- - invertebrates
- - fishes
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- AUSTRALASIAN Temperate Seashore
- - plants
- - birds
- - places
- AUSTRALASIAN Tropical/Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest (Rainforest)
- - plants
- - butterflies & moths
- - reptiles
- - non-passerine-birds
- - passerine birds
- - mammals
- - places
- AUSTRALASIAN Tropical & Subtropical Savanna
- - plants
- - non-passerine birds
- - honeyeaters
- - passerine birds
- - finches
- - places
- AUSTRALIAN Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
- - plants
- HOLARCTIC (ARCTIC) Tundra
- - plants
- - birds
- - places
- INDO-MALAYAN Freshwater (Rivers, Lakes & Wetlands)
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - places
- INDO-MALAYAN Mangrove
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- INDO-MALAYAN Temperate Broadleaf & Coniferous Forest
- - plants
- - birds
- - mammals
- INDO-MALAYAN Tropical & Subtropical Dry (Deciduous/Monsoon) Forest
- - plants
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - passerine birds
- - mammals
- - places
- INDO-MALAYAN Tropical/Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest (Asian Rainforest)
- - Fungi, Lichen & Moss
- - plants
- - arachnids
- - insects
- - moths & butterflies
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - non-passerine-birds
- - passerine birds
- - bulbuls
- - white-eyes & yuhinas
- - babblers
- - flowerpeckers & sunbirds
- - mammals
- - primates
- - rodents
- - bats
- - carnivores
- - places
- INDO-PACIFIC Coral Reef
- - worms
- - echinoderms
- - sea squirts & salps
- - bony fishes
- -damselfish & anemonefish
- - butterflyfish
- - birds
- - places
- INDO-PACIFIC Tropical Seashore
- - invertebrates
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - places
- MADAGASCAN Tropical Moist Forest
- - plants
- - invertebrates
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - places
- MADAGASCAN Tropical/Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forest
- - plants
- - invertebrates
- - amphibians & reptiles
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- MADAGASCAN Xeric Shrublands (Spiny Forest & Succulent Shrublands)
- - invertebrates
- - reptiles
- - places
- NEARCTIC Temperate Broadleaf Forest
- - plants
- - birds
- NEOTROPICAL Montane Grassland & Shrubland (Paramo & Puna)
- - plants
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- NEOTROPICAL Tropical Freshwater (Flooded Grassland & Savanna, and Rivers)
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- NEOTROPICAL Tropical/Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
- - plants
- - invertebrates
- - insects
- - butterflies
- - moths
- - ants, wasps & bees
- - amphibians
- - birds
- - hummingbirds
- - non-passerine birds
- - passerine birds
- - tanagers
- - mammals
- - places
- NEOTROPICAL Tropical/Subtropical Savanna (Cerrado and Llanos)
- - birds
- - places
- NORTHERN ATLANTIC Temperate Seashore
- - birds
- - places
- PALEARCTIC Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forest
- - plants
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- SOUTH AMERICAN Temperate Seashore
- - invertebrates
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
- SOUTHERN AFRICAN Temperate Seashore
- - birds
- - places
- TROPICAL Garden
- - plants
- - places
- TROPICAL Open Ocean
- - invertebrates
- - reptiles
- - fish
- - mammals
- - places
- WALLACEAN Tropical Dry (Monsoon/Deciduous) Forest
- - invertebrates
- - reptiles
- - birds
- - mammals
- - places
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