Major Ecological Regions
The WWF subdivides the ecozone into bioregions, defined as "geographic clusters of ecoregions that may span several habitat types, but have strong biogeographic affinities, particularly at taxonomic levels higher than the species level (genus, family)."
Laurel forest and other Cloud forest are subtropical and mild temperate forest, found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable and mild temperatures. Tropical rainforest, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are hightlight in Southern North America, Amazonia, Caribbean, Central America, Northern Andes and Central Andes.
Read more about this topic: Neotropic Ecozone
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