Table 1 in Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Table 1. Classification of the vegetation and terrestrial ecological zones in the Galápagos archipelago, based on A) JOHNSON & RAVEN (1973); TYE & ORTEGA (2011); ZIEMEK (2014); B) WIGGINS & PORTER (1971) and VAN DER WERFF (1979). S-SIDE is the South-side, N-SIDE is the North-side of the island.
TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGICAL ZONES OR VEGETATION ZONES OF THE GALÁPAGOS ARCHIPELAGOALTITUDE (m.a.s.l.)ZONINGS-SIDEN-SIDEVEGETATIONABLittoral (Coastal) zoneLittoral (Coastal) zone0 – 100 – 10Mangroves, sandy beaches and dunes, creeping vines, grasses, succulent shrubs and saltbushesDry or arid zoneDry or arid zone10 – 80 (150)10 – 200 (300)Deciduous trees, shrubs and cactiTransition zoneTransition zone80 – 180 (200)200 – 500 (600)Deciduous and semi-deciduous woodlandHumid zoneAgriculture zone Scalesia zone Miconia zone Pampa zone180 – 1200550 – 1000Often mossy evergreen forest, scrub or non-wooded evergreen pampaInversion zoneHigh-altitude transition zone1200 – 1300–Semi-deciduous woodland just above cloud layerHigh-altitude dry zone> 1300–Open scrub. Well above cloud layer
Table 1. Classification of the vegetation and terrestrial ecological zones in the Galápagos archipelago, based on A) JOHNSON & RAVEN (1973); TYE & ORTEGA (2011); ZIEMEK (2014); B) WIGGINS & PORTER (1971) and VAN DER WERFF (1979). S-SIDE is the South-side, N-SIDE is the North-side of the island.